Alert archive / Maryland / Baltimore County
Weather alerts in Baltimore County, Maryland, 2009
166 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Baltimore County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 166
- Warnings
- 44
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 50
- Busiest month
- June39 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 9, 200910 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Baltimore County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Baltimore County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 14 | 42% | 18 | 83% | 29 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 3 | 50% | 5 | 100% | 39 min |
Each office's whole area, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: tornado warnings | 13 | 1 | 92% | 8 | 13% | 2 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: severe thunderstorm warnings | 216 | 113 | 48% | 277 | 86% | 21 min |
| NWS Baltimore/Washington: flash flood warnings | 43 | 18 | 58% | 56 | 80% | 56 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 11 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:57 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 45 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 15 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:05 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | 25 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 33 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 45 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 36 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:40 PM EST | High Wind Warning | LWX | 28 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 32 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:43 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | LWX | 15 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Feb 11, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 10:14 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Feb 12, 6:49 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | LWX | 14 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 34 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:03 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:04 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:51 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 3:35 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:32 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 34 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 16 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:06 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 10 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| May 18, 3:53 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 28 hr |
| May 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 7 hr |
| May 29, 12:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 4 hr |
| May 29, 4:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 15 hr |
| May 29, 12:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 29, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 29, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 29, 6:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 2, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 3, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 20 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 3, 10:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | LWX | 38 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 1:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 5:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 119 min |
| Jun 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 1:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 10, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 24 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 8:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 3 days |
| Jun 17, 3:26 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | LWX | 12 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 18, 2:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | 12 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 20, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 3:49 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 9:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 12:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 17, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 23, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 103 min |
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 26, 1:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 26, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 31, 12:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 31, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 15 min |
| Jul 31, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 31, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 15 min |
| Aug 2, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 10 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LWX | 28 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 12:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 21, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | 20 min |
| Aug 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | 16 min |
| Aug 22, 4:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 19 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | 22 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:19 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:36 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 21 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:17 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 32 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 12 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:09 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:10 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 54 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:58 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:48 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Oct 24, 12:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Oct 24, 7:19 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 7 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:18 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 49 hr |
| Nov 3, 1:24 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 11 hr |
| Nov 3, 1:35 PM EST | Frost Advisory | LWX | 18 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:56 PM EST | Freeze Watch | LWX | 13 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:27 AM EST | Freeze Warning | LWX | 29 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:31 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | LWX | 47 hr |
| Nov 11, 9:48 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 71 hr |
| Nov 25, 7:20 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:38 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | 14 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 30 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:09 AM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | 21 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 17 hr |
| Dec 9, 9:20 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 20 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Dec 13, 7:55 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 13 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | 14 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LWX | 47 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:06 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | LWX | 16 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:34 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 31 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:30 PM EST | Flood Watch | LWX | 36 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:14 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LWX | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 91 min |
| Dec 26, 2:18 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 10 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | 6 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:14 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | LWX | 9 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:47 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | 23 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 21 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | 6 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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 38 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 9 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 6 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 17 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.