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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 8, 2015Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 4:36 PM EDT for Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 8, 2015, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Frederick County, MD, Washington County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
420 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT OVER THE MIDWEST WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE WATERS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE LOOKS TO PASS
NORTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREAS AND FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE MOUNTAINS THROUGH 00Z. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.

MESOSCALE ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW DESTABILIZATION OF THE BOUNDARY
LAYER ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95. SPC
MESOSCALE ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW ADEQUATE MIXED LAYER CAPES IN
THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
VA...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND ALONG THE MASON DIXON
LINE TO WESTERN MD. LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS ALSO BACKED IN THESE AREAS
WHICH WILL AID IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASE AND SHEAR. BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW INVERTED-V SUBCLOUD LAYERS INDICATIVE OF
MICROBURST/DOWNBURST POTENTIAL. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING
WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A LOCALIZED
RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING...HOWEVER...STORM MOTION SHOULD BE FAST
ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

FOR SOUTHERN MARYLANDF...CAPPING INVERSION REMAINS IN PLACE BUT
IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY ERODE THROUGH 00Z. SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST INTO THESE
AREAS THIS EVENING...BUT SEVERE THREAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN ATTM DUE
TO THE LATER ARRIVAL TIME AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS MAY BE LEFTOVER FOR A TIME. SOME PATCHY FOG
COULD ALSO DEVELOP. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BACK INTO
THE 60S AND 70S...WARMEST ALONG I-95 AND WITHIN THE BALTIMORE AND
WASHINGTON DC METRO AREAS.

COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY
MORNING...TIMING OVER EASTERN SECTIONS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL MID TO
LATE MORNING THUS HAVE LEFT POPS IN FROM I95 AND EAST FOR
SHOWERS/ISOLATED STORMS. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE DONE AFTER TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S FOR MOST AREAS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
SOME LINGERING EARLY EVENING SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN MD AS CDFNT
MOVES THROUGH. OTHERWISE...CLEARING EXPECTED. PLEASANT AND
TRANQUILE WEATHER WED-WED NIGHT UNDER WEAK HIGH PRESSURE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SUMMERTIME HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
RETURN FOR THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK. 850 MB TEMPS NEARING 20 C
SHOULD SUPPORT SURFACE TEMPS TOPPING OUT WELL INTO THE 90S...AND
THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN HEAT INDEX VALUES INTO THE UPPER 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

A FEW POP UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT AT THE MOMENT IT APPEARS MORE ORGANIZED
CONVECTION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL A COLD FRONT APPROACHES SATURDAY.
HOWEVER...IN THIS PATTERN YOU CAN OCCASIONALLY GET ORGANIZED
CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION ROUNDING THE RIDGE...SO THAT POTENTIAL WILL
NEED TO BE WATCHED AS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF HOT AND HUMID AIR FOR
STORMS TO FEED ON SHOULD SOMETHING DEVELOP.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ALL
TERMINAL SITES ARE EXPECTED TO SEE IMPACTS AND HAVE FIRST
INITIATED VCTS IN THE TAFS FOLLOWED BY PREVAILING -TSRA FROM 21Z
OVER THE WEST TO 23-03Z OVER THE EASTERN TERMINALS. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY
TONIGHT WITH SOME PATCHY FOG AND LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT.

MOSTLY VFR EXPECTED ON TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE
MAINLY AT KBWI AND KMTN.

WLY FLOW BECOMES SLY THU-FRI GENERALLY 10 KT OR LESS.
MAINLY VFR EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME.

&&

.MARINE...
SCA CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST THE REMAINDER OF TODAY INTO
TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE WATERS LATER
THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT WHICH MAY PROMPT THE ISSUANCE OF SMW'S.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LARGE HAIL. SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND FALL BELOW
SCA LEVELS TUESDAY EVENING.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING OVER THE WATERS AT THE SURFACE
LATE THIS WEEK...IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD BE WEAK
ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE SCA GUSTS.

&&

.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
TIDAL VALUES REACHED MINOR FLOOD THRESHOLDS AT
ANNAPOLIS THIS MORNING. SOUTHERLY CHANNELING WILL PERSIST THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL LIKELY IMPACT THIS
EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. ANOTHER ROUND OF MINOR FLOODING MAY BE
POSSIBLE. WILL ALLOW THE EVENING SHIFT TO TAKE A CLOSER INSPECTION
AND CONSIDER AN ADVISORY FOR SENSITIVE LOCATIONS.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR ANZ530>534-537-
     539>543.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ANZ536-538.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ535.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LFR/KRW
NEAR TERM...KRW
SHORT TERM...LFR
LONG TERM...DFH
AVIATION...KRW
MARINE...LFR/KRW/DFH
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...KRW
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
251 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-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-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-SOUTHEAST HARFORD-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-
251 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

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

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SEVERE THREATS ARE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.

MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053-
055-501>506-091000-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-
NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY-
NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-
GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-
SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-
WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-
CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
251 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015

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 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM FOR WESTERN
MARYLAND...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE...WESTERN VIRGINIA AND
PARTS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
340 PM EDT MON JUN 08 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0248 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE WOODSTOCK         38.88N  78.51W
06/08/2015                   SHENANDOAH         VA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON COURT STREET.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1500215

LFR
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:27 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage, Shenandoah32 min
Jun 8, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage19 min
Jun 8, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock47 min
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester44 min
Jun 8, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Rappahannock34 min
Jun 8, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier39 min
Jun 8, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park36 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX61 min
Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPage, Shenandoah30 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX114 min
Jun 8, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFauquier, Page, Rappahannock, Warren46 min
Jun 8, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren39 min
Jun 8, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun28 min
Jun 8, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren33 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax32 min
Jun 8, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX114 min
Jun 8, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church48 min
Jun 8, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX97 min
Jun 8, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Jun 8, 8:10 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXAnne Arundel4 hr
Jun 8, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXWashington42 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXPrince George's26 min
Jun 8, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCarroll, Frederick50 min
Jun 8, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard51 min
Jun 8, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore62 min
Jun 8, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.