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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 30, 2010Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Saint Mary's County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2010, 3:57 AM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Saint Mary's County, Maryland. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2010, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2010, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 30, 3:28 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:28 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 8:48 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more25 hr
Sep 29, 9:09 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX60 hr
Sep 30, 2:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX91 min
Sep 30, 3:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX65 min
Sep 30, 4:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX39 min
Sep 30, 4:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Prince William and 8 more6 hr
Sep 30, 6:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX38 min
Sep 30, 6:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX27 min
Sep 30, 6:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXLoudoun6 hr
Sep 30, 7:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX48 min
Sep 30, 7:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX42 min
Sep 30, 8:09 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more21 hr
Sep 30, 8:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson, Page and 2 more6 hr
Sep 30, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX42 min
Sep 30, 8:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX13 min
Sep 30, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX55 min
Sep 30, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX30 min
Sep 30, 9:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX40 min
Sep 30, 10:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun and 7 more4 hr
Sep 30, 10:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun and 10 more6 hr
Sep 30, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX45 min
Sep 30, 11:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun5 hr
Sep 30, 11:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun5 hr
Sep 30, 12:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXLoudoun6 hr
Sep 30, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX50 min
Sep 30, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX87 min
Sep 30, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXSpotsylvania30 min
Sep 30, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford38 min
Sep 30, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania and 3 more45 min
Sep 30, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX89 min
Sep 30, 4:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park11 hr
Sep 30, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 2 more6 hr
Sep 30, 7:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXSpotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg5 hr
Sep 30, 6:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXSaint Mary's52 min
Sep 30, 6:17 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCalvert, Saint Mary's28 min
Sep 30, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXSaint Mary's43 min
Sep 30, 8:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHarford45 min
Sep 30, 8:58 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXCalvert, Saint Mary's47 min
Sep 30, 9:28 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel47 min
Sep 30, 9:49 AM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert26 min
Sep 30, 9:51 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXMontgomery24 hr
Sep 30, 10:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHoward, Montgomery, Prince George's26 min
Sep 30, 11:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXFrederick18 hr
Sep 30, 11:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXWashington18 hr
Sep 30, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert, Saint Mary's6 hr
Sep 30, 11:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXBerkeley18 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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