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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 28, 2026Anne Arundel County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2026, 6:22 PM EDT for Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was in force for 23 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 28, 2026, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Anne Arundel County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 710 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2026-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 2:40 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX51 hr
Jul 28, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Highland65 min
Jul 28, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHighland18 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX22 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAugusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro43 min
Jul 28, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester34 min
Jul 28, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Loudoun51 min
Jul 28, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Page, Rappahannock and 2 more50 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX85 min
Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXFauquier, Rappahannock, Warren31 min
Jul 28, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXLoudoun54 min
Jul 28, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Jul 28, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX94 min
Jul 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock60 min
Jul 28, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison, Page, Rappahannock58 min
Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX86 min
Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXRappahannock22 min
Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXClarke, Frederick, City of Winchester30 min
Jul 28, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWXCulpeper, Fauquier24 min
Jul 28, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg64 min
Jul 28, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford29 min
Jul 28, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX88 min
Jul 28, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFairfax26 min
Jul 28, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCulpeper, Madison25 min
Jul 28, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXMadison, Page20 min
Jul 28, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX59 min
Jul 28, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church28 min
Jul 28, 6:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington79 min
Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSpotsylvania15 min
Jul 28, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX61 min
Jul 28, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXKing George37 min
Jul 28, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX41 min
Jul 28, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX38 min
Jul 28, 1:54 AM EDTFlood WatchLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore17 hr
Jul 28, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Washington58 min
Jul 28, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Washington46 min
Jul 28, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWXFrederick, Washington44 min
Jul 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick, Washington43 min
Jul 28, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCalvert, Saint Mary's29 min
Jul 28, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLWXBaltimore, Carroll, Harford40 min
Jul 28, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford33 min
Jul 28, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore32 min
Jul 28, 5:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore2 hr
Jul 28, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXHoward, Montgomery48 min
Jul 28, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCecil, Harford32 min
Jul 28, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, Carroll, City of Baltimore29 min
Jul 28, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCecil41 min
Jul 28, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXHarford12 min
Jul 28, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCecil34 min
Jul 28, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's35 min
Jul 28, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCecil24 min
Jul 28, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXAnne Arundel14 min
Jul 28, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's22 min
Jul 28, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert27 min
Jul 28, 7:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore50 min

Nearby

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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.