Alert archive / Maryland / 2008
Weather alerts in Maryland, March 2008
51 weather alerts in March 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 51
- Warnings
- 27
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest day
- March 5, 200816 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:28 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | LWX | Allegany | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:10 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | Calvert, Charles, Saint Mary's | 13 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:34 AM EST | Flood Watch | PBZ | 45 hr | |
| Mar 3, 2:17 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil | 44 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:44 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 3 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:38 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 17 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Frederick and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 56 min |
| Mar 4, 9:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Garrett | 37 min |
| Mar 5, 12:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's and 4 more | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 12:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 34 min |
| Mar 5, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 12:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 12:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 12:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 1:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 1:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 2:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Allegany | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Washington | 45 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 19 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:50 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Cecil, Harford | 31 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:22 PM EST | Flood Watch | PHI | Cecil | 51 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PBZ | 50 hr | |
| Mar 7, 11:21 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Prince George's, City of Baltimore | 10 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 30 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 5 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:06 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Washington | 19 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 27 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Saint Mary's | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 12:49 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PBZ | 17 hr | |
| Mar 8, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 41 min |
| Mar 8, 2:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM EST | Snow Advisory | LWX | Allegany | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 3:58 PM EST | High Wind Warning | PHI | Cecil | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore | 55 min |
| Mar 8, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 6:35 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:14 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:46 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 23 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:46 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles, Harford and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:59 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 36 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:02 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 16 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 18 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baltimore County12
- Saint Mary's County11
- Anne Arundel County11
- Cecil County10
- Frederick County10
- Prince George's County10
- City of Baltimore10
- Calvert County9
- Carroll County9
- Allegany County8
- Charles County8
- Wicomico County8
- Queen Anne's County7
- Somerset County7
- Harford County6
- Howard County6
- Montgomery County6
- Caroline County6
- Dorchester County6
- Kent County6
- Talbot County6
- Worcester County6
- Washington County5
- Garrett County2
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.