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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 2:57 PM EDT for Washington County, Maryland. It was in force for 48 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
- May 22, 2014, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 May 22, 11:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 11:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 2:24 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 224 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 231630- 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- 224 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...CONTINUING LATE TONIGHT FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-231630- 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- 224 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY MARYLAND TO GREENE COUNTY VIRGINIA AND POINTS EAST UNTIL 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 9:21 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 45 hr | |
| May 22, 6:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 57 min | |
| May 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 61 min | |
| May 22, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 87 min | |
| May 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| May 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 45 min |
| May 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George | 31 min |
| May 22, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| May 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 83 min | |
| May 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 61 min | |
| May 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 64 min | |
| May 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 95 min | |
| May 22, 3:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany, Washington | 43 min |
| May 22, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 42 min |
| May 22, 5:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 51 min |
| May 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 42 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 42 min |
| May 22, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's | 48 min |
| May 22, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 37 min |
| May 22, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 54 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.