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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 12, 2007Allegany County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2007, 8:23 PM EDT for Allegany County, Maryland. It was in force for 11 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2007, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2007, 8:34 PM EDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegany County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KLWX 130023
TORLWX
MDC001-130100-
/O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0001.070613T0023Z-070613T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
823 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN MARYLAND

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR PUMPKIN CENTER...
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  OLDTOWN

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3960 7844 3963 7860 3954 7868 3952 7851

$$
MANNING

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KLWX 130034
SVSLWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
834 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

MDC001-130044-
/O.CAN.KLWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070613T0100Z/
ALLEGANY MD-
834 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3960 7844 3963 7860 3954 7868 3952 7851

$$
MANNING

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 12, 2:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
227 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

.SYNOPSIS...

A CUT OFF LOW OVER THE WRN ATLC WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNSETTLED
WEATHER ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD NEXT TWO DAYS. HIGH PRES WILL
THEN BUILD SOUTH FROM NEW ENGLAND THURS THROUGH SAT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING/...

SVR TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 8PM. GREATEST THREAT IS LARGE HAIL
WITH WBZ OF AROUND 10KFT AND CAPE UP TO 1500 J/KG. ACTIVITY OVER
NE PA AND NJ ATTM WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE TO THE SW THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. PLEASE SEE LATEST NOW/SPS/SVR WARNINGS FOR
UPDATES ON CONVECTION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /8 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...

ACTIVITY SHOULD WANE THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING BUT STILL
CANT RULED OUT ISOLD SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. MODEL GUIDANCE ALSO
SUGGEST MARINE LYR WILL START ADVECTING INLAND TOWARD DAYBREAK.

DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND WRN ATLC UPPER LOW WILL MAINTAIN THE
THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...MAIN DIFFERENCE TO TODAY IS
THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE CLOUDS AND ATMOSPHERE
WILL BE MORE STABLE AS A RESULT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A
STRENGTHENING SUBSIDENCE INVERSION ALOFT OVR THE EAST AND ALG THE
BAY SO THUNDER MAY BE JUST CONFINED TO W OF THE BLUE RIDGE MTNS.
ATTM...INSTABILITY DOES NOT LOOK HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A SVR THREAT.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...

A CUT OFF LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC
WHILE A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL PROVIDE A NORTHERLY FLOW
ALOFT...BRINGING COOL CONDITIONS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. ALSO...A
SURFACE HIGH OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL SLOWLY BUILD SOUTH ALONG THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST HELPING TO PUSH A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
REGION...ENHANCING THE MARINE FLOW. AS FOR PRECIP...PLENTY OF LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK FORCING FROM THE BACK DOOR FRONT WILL BRING
THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES DURING THE EVENING.
THERE MAY STILL BE ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES FOR
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT CLOSER TO WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED
TO STALL OUT.

FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT:

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH OVER THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME
OF YEAR. MOST PLACES WILL BE DRY FRIDAY...BUT WE LEFT ISOLATED
SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CLOSER TO THE
STALLED BOUNDARY.

SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY:

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL SLOWLY MOVE OFF
TO THE NORTHEAST ALLOWING FOR A WARMING TREND ALONG WITH SOME MORE
SUNSHINE AS WELL. THERE IS STILL THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM SUNDAY AS A WEAK BOUNDARY APPROACHES BUT AT THIS TIME
MOST PLACES SHOULD TURN OUT DRY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...

SCT TSTMS THRU 0Z. MVFR CIGS TOMORROW MORNING WITH MARINE PUSH AND
AGAIN THU MORNING. TSTM THREAT NOT AS HIGH TOMORROW.

&&

.MARINE...EAST WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS. SCT TSTMS THRU
EARLY THIS EVENING.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LFR
NEAR TERM...LFR
SHORT TERM...LFR
LONG TERM...BJL
AVIATION...LFR
MARINE...BJL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 1:08 PM EDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
108 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502-
VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ050>055-501>504-131000-
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
108 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE
EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT
COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE
NORTHEAST WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER PENNSYLVANIA AND
NEW JERSEY AND MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE AREA.

THE ATMOSPHERE ALOFT IS VERY COLD AND HAIL IS EXPECTED FROM THE
STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
MARYLAND...AND BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN
VIRGINIA THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS SUNSET APPROACHES.

THE PRIMARY RISK FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
LARGE HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

MANNING

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:32 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
732 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S MANASSAS            38.72N 77.49W
06/12/2007                   PRINCE WILLIAM     VA   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES DOWNED.

&&

MANNING

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:44 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0622 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E BERRYVILLE          39.15N 77.94W
06/12/2007                   CLARKE             VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ON RT 7.

&&

SMZ

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:53 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
753 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

MDZ502-130030-
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY MD-
753 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY
COUNTY...

AT 753 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BELLEGROVE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

THE COMMUNITIES OF GREEN RIDGE AND PUMPKIN CENTER WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED.

MANNING

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:55 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
755 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0716 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FLINT HILL              38.76N 78.10W
06/12/2007                   RAPPAHANNOCK       VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON CREST HILL RD.

&&

SMZ

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
759 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

VAZ027-029-039-130030-
MADISON VA-PAGE VA-SHENANDOAH VA-
759 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT MADISON...PAGE AND SHENANDOAH
COUNTIES...

AT 759 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM HARMONY TO FORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

THE COMMUNITIES OF LURAY...MOUNT JACKSON...MADISON...STANLEY AND BIG
MEADOWS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED.

MANNING

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:05 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
805 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0726 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SSW STAFFORD          38.34N 77.44W
06/12/2007                   STAFFORD           VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

&&

SMZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince George's	50 min
Jun 13, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Prince George's	29 min
Jun 13, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	46 min
Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Harford	57 min
Jun 13, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, City of Baltimore	74 min
Jun 13, 4:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Harford	39 min
Jun 13, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick, Washington	77 min
Jun 13, 5:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Baltimore	27 min
Jun 13, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Howard	61 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Washington	56 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Allegany	54 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	65 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 2007 Every tornado warning in 2007 Tornadoes in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.