Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 26, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dorchester County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 2021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
575
WFUS51 KAKQ 262226
TORAKQ
MDC019-262300-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0025.120826T2226Z-120826T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
626 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF COVE
POINT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
DORCHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WOOLFORD.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 7602 3830 7616 3831 7618 3831 7620
3830 7616 3829 7618 3832 7624 3833 7627
3835 7627 3836 7625 3836 7628 3839 7629
3852 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 209DEG 10KT 3836 7623
$$
SCALORA1 follow-up statement
656 WWUS51 KAKQ 262244 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 644 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 MDC019-262300- /O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120826T2300Z/ DORCHESTER MD- 644 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DORCHESTER COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF COVE POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL DORCHESTER COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4 IN WAKEFIELD. && LAT...LON 3844 7603 3834 7617 3838 7626 3851 7619 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 213DEG 11KT 3839 7620 $$ SCALORA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 9:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 80 min |
| Aug 25, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 12:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 48 min |
| Aug 26, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 21 min |
| Aug 26, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 53 min |
| Aug 26, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 58 min |
| Aug 26, 7:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester | 2 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.