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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 11:48 PM EDT for Arlington County, City of Alexandria, Virginia; Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 8, 2012, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2012, 12:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Prince George's County, MD, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 920 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING UNSETTLED CONDITIONS TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... CDFNT ACRS SRN VA ATTM. THE AFTN TSTMS HV SETTLED S OF CWFA INVOF THAT ZONE...XTNDG WWD INTO KY. HWVR...THERMAL/DEWPT GRADIENT STILL ACROSS PA. THERE/S A RIBBON OF 70+ F DEWPTS ACRS CWFA... MARKING A ZN OF ADDTL INSTBY. A NEW BATCH OF TSTMS DVLPD IN THE PTMC HIGHLANDS IN RESPONSE TO THAT...AND HV MVD INTO NRN SHEN VLY. HWVR...00Z LWX RAOB LRGLY CAPPED. WHILE MOST OF THE AREA HAS BEEN WORKED OVER...AND A CAP IS IN PLACE...THE THREAT OF FURTHER SVR WX IS SLIM BUT NOT ZERO. AFTER COORD W/ SPC...HV CANCELLED SVR TSTM WATCH. HWVR AS CELL IN SWRN FREDERICK CNTY VA HAS PROVED...THERE MAY STILL BE A STRAY TSTM TNGT...AND AN ADDTL WRNG OR TWO PSBL. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... CDFNT WL BE STALLED S OF CWFA TMRW. SINCE DRY AIR ADVECTION WL BE MINIMAL...A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WL STILL BE LINGERING. GIVEN THE INHERENT INSTBY AND THE PRESENCE OF A FOCUSING BNDRY...THE RISK FOR TSTM DVLPMNT REMAINS. HV CHC-LKLY POPS IN GRIDS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK. AT THE SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. SEVERAL WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ARE PROGGED TO MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...EACH SERVING TO FOCUS PRECIP. SOME OF THE PRECIP COULD REACH AS FAR NORTH AS THE SOUTHERN CWFA. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH...HELPING STEEPEN LAPSE RATES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION. && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL DROP TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS TONIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...POSSIBLY TRIGGERING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS OVERNIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS KCHO. RECENT RAINFALL FROM AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE FOR PATCHY BR LATE THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MOST OF MONDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS/T-STORMS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME T-STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS KCHO. THE WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. && .MARINE... TSTMS HV PUSHED S OF THE WATERS. HWVR...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE FRONT FINALLY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE CWFA. && .CLIMATE... && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...HTS SHORT TERM...HTS/WOODY! LONG TERM...WOODY!/GMS AVIATION...LASORSA MARINE...HTS/GMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 8:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 856 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 091000- 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- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-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- 856 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TONIGHT. PLEASE FORWARD ANY DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-091000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 856 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012 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...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TONIGHT. PLEASE FORWARD ANY DAMAGE REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HTS
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Frederick | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 81 min | |
| Jul 8, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Warren | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, City of Winchester | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Highland | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Highland | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| Jul 8, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Arlington, City of Alexandria | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Rappahannock | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Rappahannock | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Stafford | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Highland | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 67 min | |
| Jul 9, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Nelson | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Frederick | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 2:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Howard | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Hardy | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.