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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2023, 5:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Anne Arundel County, MD
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 27, 3:04 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:04 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 522 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ053>057-527-280930- 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-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria- Stafford-Spotsylvania-King George- Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park- 522 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 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...Today and Tonight Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds are the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ003>006-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501-502-505>508- 526-WVZ050>053-055-280930- 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-Northwest Prince William-Hampshire- Morgan-Berkeley-Jefferson-Hardy- 522 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening across northeastern Maryland. Damaging winds are the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ001-501-502-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-280930- Garrett-Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Western Highland-Eastern Highland-Western Grant-Eastern Grant- Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 522 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| Jun 26, 8:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 5 hr | |
| Jun 26, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 8:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 67 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 32 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Jun 26, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 69 min | |
| Jun 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 64 min | |
| Jun 26, 11:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 64 min | |
| Jun 26, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 34 min | |
| Jun 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 27, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 86 min | |
| Jun 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 117 min | |
| Jun 27, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 47 min | |
| Jun 27, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 62 min | |
| Jun 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 78 min | |
| Jun 26, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Cecil, Harford | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Cecil, Harford | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Charles, Prince George's | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 2 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.