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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2024, 10:10 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 5, 2024, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cecil County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 28.1
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 Jun 5, 9:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 9:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 427 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ053>057-527-062030- 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- 427 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024 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...Tonight A Flood Watch is in effect for the Washington DC and Baltimore Metro areas through 10 PM this evening. Multiple rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms could produce scattered instances of flash flooding in urban areas. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall could produce isolated instances of flooding. Isolated severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are possible this afternoon and evening. A tornado or two is also possible. Special Marine Warnings may be needed as strong storms cross the waters. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday 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>053-055-062030- 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- 427 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Flood Watch is in effect for the Washington DC and Baltimore Metro areas through 10 PM this evening. Multiple rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms could produce scattered instances of flash flooding in urban areas. Elsewhere, heavy rainfall could produce isolated instances of flooding. Isolated severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are possible this afternoon and evening. A tornado or two is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday 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>506-062030- Garrett-Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Western Highland-Eastern Highland-Western Grant-Eastern Grant- Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton- Eastern Pendleton- 427 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight Heavy rainfall could produce isolated instances of flooding this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
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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 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 87 min | |
| Jun 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 63 min | |
| Jun 5, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 55 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 58 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 60 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 60 min | |
| Jun 5, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 8:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 8:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Cecil, Harford | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 9:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Cecil | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 10:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Cecil | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 10:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Harford | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Cecil, Harford | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:33 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Harford, Saint Mary's | 13 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 11 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.