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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 1, 2016Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Maryland. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 1, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2016-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
257 PM EDT Mon Aug 1 2016

.SYNOPSIS...Weak low pressure will gradually move offshore today
and tonight as a front drifts southward. High pressure will build
in from the north during the middle of the week, then move
offshore late in the week. A cold front is expected to cross the
area Saturday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...Sct showers and t-storms
expected until evening as a cdfnt sags slowly swd. Storm motion
will be relatively slow 10-15 kt which may pose an isolated flash
flooding threat but mid-level dry air will likely reduce precip
efficiency. Perhaps, an isolated wind damage threat, but most
storms should remain sub-severe. Clearing expected overnight which
may lead to patchy fog especially with moist soils from recent
rainfall.

Drier air will continue to filter in Tue but not dry enough to
completely suppress shower development. A convergence line is
expected to set up along the Chesapeake Bay which may trigger a
few showers or t-storms.

&&

.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...High pressure
builds further southward Wed suppressing shower development and
providing fair weather conditions.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Surface high moves away from our
region allowing for southerly return flow to develop, so could see
some showers and thunderstorms, mainly terrain induced. This
continues into Friday and with a cold front approaching from the
northwest, showers and thunderstorms are again possible. The front
moves across on Saturday and slowly pushes south into the night,
which could bring more widespread precipitation to our CWA. Drier
conditions expected behind the front with possible showers and
thunderstorms to our south. High temperatures will be in the upper
80s and low 90s.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...T-storms likely at KBWI
and KMTN until 00Z with brief MVFR conditions. Patchy MVFR fog
overnight. Sct showers again possible tomorrow afternoon.

Mainly VFR conditions expected for Thursday through Saturday,
with some showers and thunderstorms possible, bringing periods of
sub-VFR conditions.

&&

.MARINE...Sct showers and t-storms through mid evening and again
Tue and Wed. Possible SCA conditions Wed over the lower portions
of the MD Chesapeake Bay.

Sub-SCA conditions expected as winds will be below SCA criteria.
Showers and thunderstorms possible over the waters during this
period could bring gusty winds.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...None.
MD...None.
VA...None.
WV...None.
MARINE...None.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LFR
NEAR TERM...LFR
SHORT TERM...LFR
LONG TERM...IMR
AVIATION...IMR/LFR
MARINE...IMR/LFR
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:19 AM EDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 11:26 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX5 hr
Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX93 min
Aug 1, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX90 min
Aug 1, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX85 min
Aug 1, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX113 min
Aug 1, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX92 min
Aug 1, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX97 min
Jul 31, 9:19 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXAnne Arundel7 hr
Aug 1, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel39 min
Aug 1, 6:05 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.