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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2025, 10:53 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 16 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
- May 30, 2025, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2025, 11:09 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 02:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 May 30, 10:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 509 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ053>057-527-312115- 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- 509 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025 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 Tornado Watch is in effect for the entire region until midnight. A couple tornadoes are possible during this time, while also bringing a threat for damaging wind gusts and large hail. A Flood Watch for potential flash flooding is in effect for the entire outlook area tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters have been activated. MDZ003>006-503-505-507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501-502-505>508- 526-WVZ050>053-055-312115- 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- 509 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, and central and western Maryland. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Tornado Watch is in effect from near the Blue Ridge Mountains westward through 8 PM this evening. To the east, this Tornado Watch continues until midnight. A couple tornadoes are possible during this time, while also bringing a threat for damaging wind gusts and large hail. A Flood Watch for potential flash flooding is in effect for the entire outlook area through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday River flooding is possible along the Potomac Basin as well as the tributaries leading into the Potomac Basin Saturday into Saturday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters have been activated. MDZ501-502-509-510-VAZ503-504-WVZ501>506-312115- Extreme Western Allegany-Central and Eastern Allegany- Western Garrett-Eastern Garrett-Western Highland-Eastern Highland- Western Grant-Eastern Grant-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral- Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton- 509 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Allegheny Front counties in western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Highland County Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Tornado Watch is in effect for the entire region until 8 PM this evening. A couple tornadoes are possible during this time, while also bringing a threat for damaging wind gusts and large hail. A Flood Watch for potential flash flooding is in effect for the entire outlook area through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters have been activated.
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 |
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| May 30, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 29 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| May 30, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| May 30, 8:40 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more | 9 hr |
| May 30, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 55 min | |
| May 30, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 65 min | |
| May 31, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| May 31, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 60 min | |
| May 31, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 57 min | |
| May 31, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 55 min | |
| May 31, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| May 31, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Falls Church | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 54 min | |
| May 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 28 min | |
| May 30, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 27 min |
| May 30, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 28 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Garrett | 5 hr |
| May 30, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 101 min |
| May 30, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Cecil | 46 min |
| May 31, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's | 22 min |
| May 31, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Prince George's | 28 min |
| May 31, 1:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Mineral | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.