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The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning on Monday, 7 August for Baltimore City and surrounding counties until 9pm following severe weather conditions. Hail storm pummels Maryland as ...
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the eastern D.C. area and parts of Maryland. The storm brings 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-sized hail, with risks of falling ...
The 2002 La Plata tornado (/ l ə ˈ p l eɪ t ə / lə-PLAY-tə) [3] was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, [4] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others.
This list may be incomplete, as official tornado records only extend back to 1950 in the United States. [1] The surrounding states of Virginia and Maryland average 10 and 6 tornadoes per year, respectively, which is 0.23 and 0.48 tornadoes per 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2) per year. [2]
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
At least five people were injured and the weather service issued 22 tornado warnings Wednesday, the fourth-most issued in a single day by the office that covers much of Maryland, the District of ...
The flood warning was issued just before 3 a.m. local time and is set to expire at 1 p.m., according to the weather service. Red flag warnings issued amid high winds in the West
PDS tornado warnings are currently issued on an experimental basis by the 38 National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices within the Central Region. [19] The criteria for a PDS warning are when a tornado on the ground has been spotted or confirmed, or a significant tornado is expected based on radar signatures.