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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2022, 4:25 PM EDT for Baltimore County, Maryland. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 18, 2022, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2022, 4:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Baltimore County, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Jul 18, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 202 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ052>057-191815- 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-Cecil-Southern Baltimore- Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert- Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard- Southeast Harford-Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania- King George- 202 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through central Maryland, northern Virginia, and District of Columbia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 PM for much of the area except for portions of southern Maryland. The primary threats will be damaging winds as well as an isolated tornado. A Flood Watch for flash flooding is in effect from 4 PM until midnight from the D.C. metro area northward across the Baltimore metro area into portions of northeastern Maryland. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible again on Thursday afternoon, with damaging winds being the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today. MDZ003>006-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501-502-505>508- WVZ050>053-055-191815- Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern Baltimore- Northwest Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Northwest Harford-Augusta- Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson- Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper- Northern Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun- Eastern Loudoun-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge- Central Virginia Blue Ridge-Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson- Hardy- 202 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 PM for much of the area except for portions of central Virginia. The primary threats will be damaging winds as well as an isolated tornado. A Flood Watch for flash flooding is in effect from 4 PM until midnight from Loudoun County eastward across north-central Maryland into northern Harford County. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today. MDZ001-501-502-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-191815- Garrett-Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Western Highland-Eastern Highland-Western Grant-Eastern Grant- Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 202 PM EDT Mon Jul 18 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 PM for the Allegheny Front except for Garrett County. The primary threats will be damaging winds as well as an isolated tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today.
In the hours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 23 min | |
| Jul 18, 9:31 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 12 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Shenandoah, Warren | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 18, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 60 min | |
| Jul 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 81 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 61 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 37 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 47 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 91 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 64 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 25 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 65 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Carroll | 22 min |
| Jul 18, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 14 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, City of Baltimore | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Cecil, Harford | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Cecil | 19 min |
| Jul 18, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Cecil | 15 min |
| Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 23 min |
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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.