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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2019, 3:22 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Maryland. It was in force for 23 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 30, 2019, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2019, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Howard County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 30, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 30, 3:17 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:17 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 225 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-311830- 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- 225 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 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 9pm this evening for much of the area. Isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts, large hail, and an isolated tornado are possible. The greatest risk exists north of the I-64 corridor. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-311830- Washington-Frederick MD-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-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke- Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Highland- Eastern Highland-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun- Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge- Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy-Western Grant- Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 225 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 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 until 9pm this evening for much of northern Virginia and northern Maryland, including portions of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts, large hail, and an isolated tornado are possible. The greatest risk exists north of the I-64 corridor. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 minute 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 29, 10:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 21 hr | |
| May 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 30, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren | 13 min |
| May 30, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| May 30, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| May 30, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 50 min |
| May 30, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| May 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 58 min | |
| May 30, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Prince William | 48 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| May 30, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 41 min |
| May 30, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 37 min | |
| May 30, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rockingham | 51 min |
| May 30, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange | 44 min |
| May 30, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 37 min |
| May 30, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | King George, Spotsylvania | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 92 min | |
| May 30, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Washington | 29 min |
| May 30, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 40 min |
| May 30, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 23 min |
| May 30, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 30, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore | 42 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.