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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2009, 6:51 PM EDT for Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2009, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Prince George's County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 312 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS... SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC...KEEPING PERIODIC UNSETTLED CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... ISOLD TSTMS HV ALREADY DVLPD IN AND N OF THE CWA AHD OF THE MAIN TSTM COMPLEX OVER WV. SPC HAS INDICATED THERE IS A PSBLTY OF AREA BEING PLACED IN A WATCH BOX IN NEXT HR OR TWO. AMT OF CLD CVR...LOWER TEMPS AND DWPTS...AND LGT WINDS THRUT THE ATMOSPHERE WL ALL HELP TO MAKE TDAS SVR THREAT LOWER THAN YDA...BUT IF ANY SVR WERE TO HAPPEN HAIL/DOWNBURSTS ARE MOST LKLY THREATS...ALONG W/ HVY RAIN. AFT STORMS MOVE THROUGH (AFT MDNGT) AREA WL RMN UNDER XTSV CLD CVR. LOWS RANGE FM A60 IN THE HIGHLANDS TO U60 ALONG THE BAY/CTIES. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY/... AND WHILE A BRK FM THE TSTM THREAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IT DOESNT APPEAR THU WL BE THE DAY. BNDRY WL RMN OVR THE AREA...AND CNVCTN WL AGN BE LKLY TO DVLP DURG AFTN HRS. W/ CLD CVR XPCTD AGN THU THIS WL HOLD HIGH TEMPS DOWN TO L80S E OF THE BLUE RIDGE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AFTER THE ONGOING CONVECTION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT DISSIPATES OVERNIGHT AND MOVES TO THE ENE...THE AREA WILL STILL REMAIN FAIRLY UNSTABLE FOR THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND IN FACT THRU THE WEEKEND. IT APPEARS THE LONGWAVE UPPER TROF THAT WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE LOWER OHIO VLY AND MID ATLC WILL KEEP STEADY AREAS OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES MOVING NEARLY DUE EAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VLY TO THE MID ATLC COAST. MODELS HAVE AND ARE CONTINUING TO DIVERGE DAILY ON HOW THESE EVENTS WILL PLAY OUT...BUT THE CERTAINTY REMAINS TO BE THE FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WEAK LEE TROFS AND SFC BOUNDARIES STREAMING INTO THE REGION EVERY 12 HRS OR SO FROM LATE WED THRU POSSIBLY SUNDAY...SOME STRONGER THAN OTHERS. EACH AFTN /WHICH THE DAYTIME HEATING BRINGING TEMPS UP INTO THE M/U80S...DEWPOINTS REMAINING STEADY IN AT LEAST THE 60S AND AT TIMES TO NEAR 70/ HAS AT LEAST A LOW CHANCE OF SCATTERED TSTMS. THE WEAKER THE MID LEVEL FLOW...THE BETTER THE CHANCE ACROSS THE WRN ZONES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS W/ TERRAIN CIRCULATION STORMS. THE STRONGER THE FLOW...THE BETTER THE CHANCE E OF THE BLUE RIDGE. A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL LIKELY FORCE THE MID ATLC UPPER TROF TO SLIDE OFF THE COAST. A FEW WEAK MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCES STILL MAY SLIDE SE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND ACROSS THE MID ATLC EARLY IN THE WEEK...BRINGING MORE LOW CHANCE POPS INTO MID NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /THIS EVE THROUGH MONDAY/... TSTMS LKLY DURG EVE HRS. WHERE IT DOES RAIN FOG DVLPMNT IS PSBL AFTR MDNT. TSTMS AGN PSBL THU AFTN. MORE CHANCES OF TSTMS EACH DAY THRU INTO THIS WEEKEND. OTHERWISE... VFR CONDITIONS W/ SCATTERED BANDS OF MID CLOUD DECKS. EARLY NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE OVER THE MID ATLC WX...THO STILL A LOW CHANCE OF TSTMS EXISTS NEARLY EVERY DAY THRU MID NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE... WINDS XPCTD TO BE BLO SCA VALUES TNGT AND THU. MAIN PROBLEM WL BE PSBLTY OF TSTMS OVER THE WATERS THIS EVE AND AGN THU AFTN. SCA CONDITIONS MOST LIKELY ON FRIDAY W/ THE BEST SLY CHANNELING ACROSS THE BAY. SCATTERED TSTMS EXPECTED INTERMITTENTLY EACH DAY /MAINLY EACH AFTN...THO A FEW OVERNIGHT STORMS POSSIBLE AS WELL/ THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PRODUCTS...WOODY/GMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:10 AM EDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1110 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 111015- 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- 1110 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THERE MAY BE A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH FLOODING AS THE MAIN CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051- WVZ050>055-501>504-111015- 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- 1110 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THERE MAY BE A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH FLOODING AS THE MAIN CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
540 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM HAIL 1 N WILDE ACRES 39.16N 78.40W
06/10/2009 E0.75 INCH FREDERICK VA NWS EMPLOYEE
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LEELocal storm report, Jun 10, 5:59 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:49 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
649 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0648 PM HAIL UNIVERSITY PARK 38.97N 76.94W
06/10/2009 E0.75 INCH PRINCE GEORGES MD TRAINED SPOTTER
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LEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Madison, Page, Rappahannock | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 46 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009
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.