Tornado Warning 35, NWS Baltimore/Washington

000 
WWUS51 KLWX 102257
SVSLWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
657 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

MDC037-102315-
/O.CON.KLWX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080810T2315Z/
ST. MARYS MD-
657 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY...

AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DAMERON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON PARK...MOVING EAST AT 
25 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS 
PASSED.

LAT...LON 3812 7632 3808 7632 3807 7633 3807 7636
      3810 7640 3824 7638 3824 7637 3822 7637
      3814 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 267DEG 25KT 3816 7630

$$

KRAMAR

000 
WWUS51 KLWX 102312
SVSLWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
712 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

MDC037-102321-
/O.EXP.KLWX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080810T2315Z/
ST. MARYS MD-
711 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. MARYS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED INTO 
THE BAY. THE THREAT OF A TORNADO HAS ENDED FOR ST. MARYS COUNTY. THE 
WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3812 7632 3808 7632 3807 7633 3807 7636
      3810 7640 3824 7638 3824 7637 3822 7637
      3814 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 267DEG 25KT 3816 7618

$$
SMZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
149 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...
BRINGING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY
CONDITIONS DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS COULD RETURN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...

SVR TSTM WTCH 818 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. JUST
RCVD A REPORT OF PENNY HAIL IN HARFORD CNTY.

DELMARVA TODAY/S BULLSEYE FOR SVR PTNL...W/ A GRADL DECR IN
INSTABILITY BACK TWRD THE I-95 CRDR. THE SCTD BANDS OF MID LEVEL
CLOUDS DOING A DECENT JOB AT LIMITING MRNG HEATING...THO THE NEXT
FEW HRS WILL LIKELY SEE THAT EFFECT LESSEN AS MUCH OF THE AREA
CLIMBS INTO THE U70S/L80S. S-SW/RLY ARE ALSO INCR ACROSS SRN/WRN
VA...STEADILY INCR DWPNTS ACROSS THE MID ATLNC AND SETTING THE
STAGE FOR A PSBLY ACTIVE AFTN. A FEW STRONG CELLS DEVELOPED JUST
AFT SUNRISE ON THE ERN MD SHORE...A PRECURSOR OF THINGS TO COME
LATER IN THE AFTN/EVNG. MORE STRONG CELLS DEVELOPING NEAR WLMNGTN
DE.

SLIGHT RISK NOW COVERING MUCH OF THE CWA...MINUS THE POTOMAC
HILANDS...THO MUCH OF THE AREA /ESPC W/ THE PROXIMITY TO THE
UPPER LOW/ COULD SEE AT LEAST ISLTD AND BRIEF TSTM ACTIVITY. THE
CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS THO...INCR DRAMATICALLY FROM THE I-95 CRDR
E/WRD. CAPE VALUES 2-3K J/KG ALREADY ESTMD ALONG THE SRN
CHESPKE...DOWN TO NEAR 1K ACROSS I-95. THESE VALUES WILL ONLY INCR
DRNG THE LATE MRNG AND EARLY AFTN. HELICAL VALUES ON THE 12Z KIAD
SNDG NOT IMPRESSIVE...THO A FAST REGIME CHANGE APRCHNG AS THE UPPER
LOW NEARS THE AREA. CONCERNED ABOUT ISLTD CELLS DEVELOPING IN THIS
ENVRNMT. STRONG UPDRAFTS W/ WEAK ROTATION IS EXPTD...THO A FEW
STORMS MAY HAVE A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO DEVELOP FROM SAID
SCENARIO...SIMILAR TO LAST SAT AFTN. THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW
ALSO A CONCERN FOR LARGE HAIL PRODUCTION...AS THE WB0 HGT ON THE 12Z
KIAD SNDG IS JUST BELOW 9KFT...W/ A -20C HGT OF ONLY 20KFT. 40-50KT
OF WIND AT THE MID LEVELS...W/ WEAK AREAS OF SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE
UPPER TROF AXIS...INCR THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE MID ATLNC SHOULD BE WARY OF AT LEAST THE
PSBLY FOR SVR WX IN THEIR AREA TODAY...ESPC THOSE W/ OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES THIS AFTN/EVNG. THE MAIN CONCERN IS W/ THE FRWD
SPEED OF THIS STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE ISLTD NATURE OF STORMS
MAY BE HIT/MISS...BUT FAST MOVING STORMS WILL AFFECT MORE AREAS
THAN TYPICAL PULSE CONVN. STEERING FLOW IS SUFFICIENT FOR ACTIVITY
TO MOVE QUICKLY...ESPC ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE CHESPKE BAY WHERE
STORMS LOOK TO INITIATE QUICKLY AND PRODUCE SVR WX IN A SHORT AMNT
OF TIME.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY/...
CONTINUING WITH THE EARLIER CONVECTIVE INITIATION IDEA...THAT MEANS
THAT CONVECTION WOULD EXIT EARLIER...EAST OF THE BAY EARLY IN THE
EVENING. WILL HOLD ONTO POPS/WX A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT AWAITING
THE TRUE COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH...BUT THAT SHOULD BE THROUGH BY
MIDNIGHT. INFLUENCE FROM THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER CLOUDS
OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SHOWER ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER LOW OVR THE NRN MID ATLC STATES WILL LIFT OUT INTO SRN NEW
ENGLAND MON AFTERNOON WITH TROF OVR THE EAST WEAKENING AS THE WEEK
PROGRESSES. HEIGHTS WILL RISE CONSIDERABLY TOWARD NEXT WEEKEND AS
BERMUDA HIGH RETROGRADES. EXPECT A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITY WITH A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVENING
CONVECTION THU-SUN. JUST TYPICAL MID AUGUST WX ACROSS THE MID ATLC
STATES. BEYOND DY7...POTENTIAL CUT OFF LOW FORMING OVR THE MID MS
VALLEY AS ADVERTISED BY 00Z GFS/ECMWF AND RETROGRESSION OF BERMUDA
HIGH COULD STEER ANY POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONES OVR THE ATLC CLOSER
TO THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND FL.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A COLD FRONT AND SCTD TSTM ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT THE MID ATLNC FOR
MUCH OF THE AFTN/EVNG. W-SW/RLY WINDS WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN...THO
GUSTS EXPTD TO STAY BLO THE 15KT /OUTSIDE OF TSTM WINDS/. TEMPO
GROUPS ADDED FOR PSBLE TSTM ACTIVITY...W/ GUSTY WINDS AND LOW
CIGS/VSBYS. TSTMS ARE EXPTD TO DEVELOP QUICKLY ACROSS THE CNTL
APLCHNS BY MIDDAY AND MOVE INTO THE PIEDMONT/I-95 REGION LATER IN
THE AFTN/EVNG.

QUIET FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE WEEK THEN MORE TYPICAL DIURNAL TSTM
ACTIVITY EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

&&

.MARINE...
SW/RLY WINDS WILL INCR TODAY /JUST BLO SCA CONDS. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE TSTM ACTIVITY THO. BY MID-LATE AFTN...ISLTD STORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE BAY AND SURROUNDING AREAS...INCR IN COVERAGE
THRU THE LATE AFTN AND EARLY EVNG.

SCA NOW IN EFFECT FOR MON AFTERNOON. THEN NICE WX EXPECTED TUE-THU.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY FOR
     ANZ530>537.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BPP
NEAR TERM...GMS
SHORT TERM...BPP
LONG TERM...LFR
AVIATION...LFR/GMS
MARINE...LFR/GMS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
153 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057-
111100-
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-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-
CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-
153 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 818 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE
ENTIRE AREA.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER
AND THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT.

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051-
WVZ050>055-501>504-111100-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
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-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
153 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 818 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE
AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ALLEGANY HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA
AND FAR WESTERN MARYLAND.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE MAINLY EAST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREATS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN
NOON AND LATE THIS EVENING. THE MOST FAVORABLE AREAS FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY MAY BE STRONG TO
SEVERE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
501 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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

0442 PM     HAIL             6 WNW ANNAPOLIS         39.00N 76.60W
08/10/2008  E0.88 INCH       ANNE ARUNDEL       MD   PUBLIC

&&

WOODCOCK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
523 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

VAZ056-102215-
SPOTSYLVANIA VA-
523 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY...

AT 523 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MASSAPONAX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
MASSAPONAX.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP
RAPIDLY. LISTEN FOR SUBSEQUENT WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

KRAMAR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
529 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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

0507 PM     HAIL             3 SW ROSEVILLE          38.44N 77.54W
08/10/2008  E0.75 INCH       STAFFORD           VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL.

&&

LASORSA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
535 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

MDZ016-VAZ057-102200-
KING GEORGE VA-CHARLES MD-
535 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT NORTHERN KING GEORGE AND SOUTHERN
CHARLES COUNTIES...

AT 534 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TIDAL POTOMAC ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NANJEMOY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 600 PM EDT...INCLUDING
SOUTHERN CHARLES COUNTY...INCLUDING NANJEMOY AND THE PORT TOBACCO
AREA...AND NORTHERN KING GEORGE COUNTY INCLUDING DAHLGREN.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AND CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

SMZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
619 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

MDZ016>018-VAZ057-102300-
CALVERT MD-KING GEORGE VA-CHARLES MD-ST. MARYS MD-
619 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT CALVERT...KING GEORGE...CHARLES AND
ST. MARYS COUNTIES...

AT 619 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM SWAN POINT TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF ABELL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE PINEY
POINT...LEONARDTOWN...HOLLYWOOD...CALIFORNIA...PATUXENT RIVER NAS...
LEXINGTON PARK...GOLDEN BEACH...LUSBY AND PRINCE FREDERICK.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AND CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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

SMZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
626 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

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

0600 PM     HAIL             6 ESE BWI AIRPORT       39.14N 76.57W
08/10/2008  E0.75 INCH       ANNE ARUNDEL       MD   PUBLIC

            COPIOUS AMOUNT OF HAIL REPORTED

&&

MKRAMAR