Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT for Harford County, Maryland. It was in force for 10 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2021, 7:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Harford County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Bel Air, MD | A COUPLE TREES BLEW DOWN ON PATTERSON MILL ROAD. |
| Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Bel Air, MD | A FEW TREES BLEW DOWN ON CHEROKEE LANE. |
| Jun 3, 7:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw Churchville, MD | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A GARAGE AND FIVE TREES DOWN IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF CHURCHVILLE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
385
WFUS51 KLWX 032253
TORLWX
MDC025-032330-
/O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0014.210603T2253Z-210603T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
653 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Harford County in northern Maryland...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 653 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Bel Air South, or 8 miles west of Aberdeen, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...For those in the direct path of a tornado touchdown,
flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Damage to roofs, siding, and windows may occur.
Mobile homes may be damaged or destroyed. Tree damage is
likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Aberdeen around 715 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Carsins and Churchville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 7634 3952 7637 3961 7620 3953 7613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 243DEG 19KT 3950 7634
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CJL1 follow-up statement
106
WWUS51 KLWX 032303
SVSLWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
703 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
MDC025-032313-
/O.CAN.KLWX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210603T2330Z/
Harford MD-
703 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
northern Maryland.
LAT...LON 3948 7634 3952 7637 3961 7620 3953 7613
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 243DEG 19KT 3953 7628
$$
CJLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, City of Baltimore | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, City of Baltimore | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 9 min |
| Jun 3, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 16 min |
| Jun 3, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Cecil, Harford | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Howard, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Cecil, Harford | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Cecil | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.