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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 11, 2021Cecil County, Harford County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2021, 9:16 PM EDT for Cecil County, Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2021, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cecil County, MD, Harford County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

620 
WUUS51 KLWX 120116
SVRLWX
MDC015-025-120200-
/O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0013.210412T0116Z-210412T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
916 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Harford County in northern Maryland...
  Northwestern Cecil County in northeastern Maryland...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 916 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Conowingo, or
  11 miles northwest of Havre De Grace, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches 
           to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as 
           damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by 
           downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. 
           Unsecured light objects may become projectiles.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rising Sun, Rock Springs, Octoraro, Richardsmere, Conowingo and
  Darlington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3954 7616 3969 7631 3972 7630 3972 7606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 209DEG 14KT 3968 7625 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BJL
1 follow-up statement
268 
WWUS51 KLWX 120140
SVSLWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
940 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

MDC015-025-120200-
/O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/
Harford MD-Cecil MD-
940 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HARFORD AND NORTHWESTERN CECIL COUNTIES...

At 940 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Conowingo, or 9
miles north of Havre De Grace, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to 
         fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage 
         homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed 
         trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured 
         light objects may become projectiles.

Locations impacted include...
Rising Sun, Rock Springs, Octoraro, Richardsmere and Conowingo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3961 7612 3963 7618 3969 7623 3971 7629
      3972 7630 3972 7606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 230DEG 10KT 3968 7617 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BJL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCecil, Harford44 min
Apr 11, 10:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCecil, Harford2 hr
Apr 11, 10:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCecil, Harford2 hr

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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.