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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 1, 2012Carroll County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2012, 2:54 PM EDT for Carroll County, Maryland. It was in force for 51 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2012, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Carroll County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 3:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Gamber, MDSWATH OF MAINLY TREE DAMAGE SOUTH OF TORNADO TRACK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT WIND.
Jun 1, 3:21 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nnw Gamber, MDPATH LENGTH 2.9 MILES AND WIDTH 150 YARDS. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES AND LIMBS.
Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Patapsco, MDTREES DOWN AT 2000 BLOCK OF GREEN MILL RD NEAR FINKSBURG.
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Finksburg, MDNUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ON SPENCER LN AND BROWN RD NEAR OLD WESTMINSTER PIKE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

115 
WFUS51 KLWX 011854
TORLWX
MDC013-011945-
/O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0006.120601T1854Z-120601T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
254 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GAMBER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAMASCUS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GAMBER...
  WESTMINSTER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS. IF OUTDOORS OR IN A MOBILE HOME OR
VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THE TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND HARD TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT TO
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3968 7701 3953 7686 3936 7704 3938 7715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 215DEG 20KT 3939 7711

$$

KRAMAR
1 follow-up statement
113 
WWUS51 KLWX 011908
SVSLWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
308 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

MDC013-011945-
/O.CON.KLWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120601T1945Z/
CARROLL MD-
308 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR CARROLL
COUNTY...

AT 303 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT AIRY...OR 11 MILES
SOUTH OF WESTMINSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAGNERS MILL...
  REESE...
  WESTMINSTER...
  CARROLLTON...
  PATAPSCO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS. IF OUTDOORS OR IN A MOBILE HOME OR
VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

THIS TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND HARD TO SEE. DO NOT WAIT TO
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3940 7703 3943 7713 3968 7701 3953 7686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 215DEG 20KT 3945 7705

$$



HTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXMontgomery43 min
Jun 1, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Montgomery41 min
Jun 1, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery40 min
Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery29 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXMontgomery26 min
Jun 1, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery25 min
Jun 1, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Howard, Montgomery52 min
Jun 1, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMontgomery46 min
Jun 1, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery66 min
Jun 1, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCarroll, Howard, Montgomery24 min
Jun 1, 3:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery6 hr
Jun 1, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's52 min
Jun 1, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll, Harford45 min
Jun 1, 3:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAllegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Prince George's, Washington and 1 more8 hr
Jun 1, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCharles, Prince George's43 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll6 hr
Jun 1, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCharles, Prince George's33 min
Jun 1, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's32 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll23 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll36 min
Jun 1, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCharles, Prince George's46 min
Jun 1, 4:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard29 min
Jun 1, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXPrince George's32 min
Jun 1, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXSaint Mary's44 min
Jun 1, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's41 min
Jun 1, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore39 min
Jun 1, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford38 min
Jun 1, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's37 min
Jun 1, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFrederick32 min
Jun 1, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXMontgomery, Prince George's6 hr
Jun 1, 5:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore6 hr
Jun 1, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAllegany41 min
Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHarford34 min
Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard23 min
Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXPrince George's2 hr
Jun 1, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAllegany31 min
Jun 1, 6:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford6 hr
Jun 1, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHarford38 min
Jun 1, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAllegany, Washington46 min
Jun 1, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's5 hr
Jun 1, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's35 min
Jun 1, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore26 min
Jun 1, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore26 min
Jun 1, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington40 min
Jun 1, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCalvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's31 min
Jun 1, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore40 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.