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June 1, 2012 - Severe Thunderstorms/Tornadoes Event


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Boom.

Edit: Though report doesn't really match radar at all, weird.

Yeah I am still trying to figure out if it is legit or not. FAA weather observers at large airports (or any airports for that matter) are not necessarily trained spotters. I was an FAA observer at KGFK in ND for a year and we had no training at all on spotting tors, etc.

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Yeah I am still trying to figure out if it is legit or not. FAA weather observers at large airports (or any airports for that matter) are not necessarily trained spotters. I was an FAA observer at KGFK in ND for a year and we had no training at all on spotting tors, etc.

Apparently multiple pilots flying into BWI reported seeing tornadoes according to local TV.

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Yeah I am still trying to figure out if it is legit or not. FAA weather observers at large airports (or any airports for that matter) are not necessarily trained spotters. I was an FAA observer at KGFK in ND for a year and we had no training at all on spotting tors, etc.

Yeah had the report been from 7:25 or so I would have believed it, but by :38 rotation had greatly diminished and was well NE of BWI, not a mile west.

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Apparently multiple pilots flying into BWI reported seeing tornadoes according to local TV.

Yeah had the report been from 7:25 or so I would have believed it, but by :38 rotation had greatly diminished and was well NE of BWI, not a mile west.

I won't say what that individual was doing since I was not there. There very well may have been one, or he/she also could have been responding to the reports by pilots...and simply put it in the METAR to be safe. Tough to say without being there.

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Report isn't even done right. Tornado METARs must have +FC in the sensible wx section.

Oddly enough it was there...then did a COR and took it out, lol. I am guessing said individual was both nervous and furiously trying to get the report out. I will say, from experience in storm situations, it can be tricky getting the exact METAR right while also trying to get it out the door in a timely manner.

KBWI 012335Z COR 21007G18KT 3SM +FC TSRA BR FEW008 BKN014CB OVC026 22/20 A2970 RMK AO2 PK WND 28032/2321 TORNADO B20 1 W MOV NE FRQ LTGICCG NW-N TS NW-N MOV NE P0015

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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 338

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

800 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

TORNADO WATCH 338 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

MDC003-005-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-025-027-029-031-033-035-

037-039-041-045-047-510-020600-

/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0338.120602T0000Z-120602T0600Z/

MD

. MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANNE ARUNDEL BALTIMORE CALVERT

CAROLINE CARROLL CECIL

CHARLES DORCHESTER FREDERICK

HARFORD HOWARD KENT

MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES QUEEN ANNE`S

SOMERSET ST. MARYS TALBOT

WICOMICO WORCESTER

MARYLAND INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

BALTIMORE CITY

$$

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Oddly enough it was there...then did a COR and took it out, lol. I am guessing said individual was both nervous and furiously trying to get the report out. I will say, from experience in storm situations, it can be tricky getting the exact METAR right while also trying to get it out the door in a timely manner.

KBWI 012335Z COR 21007G18KT 3SM +FC TSRA BR FEW008 BKN014CB OVC026 22/20 A2970 RMK AO2 PK WND 28032/2321 TORNADO B20 1 W MOV NE FRQ LTGICCG NW-N TS NW-N MOV NE P0015

Yeah that is the thing you need to remember with severe weather, keeping your nerves in check.

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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 338

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

800 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

TORNADO WATCH 338 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR THE

FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

MDC003-005-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-025-027-029-031-033-035-

037-039-041-045-047-510-020600-

/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0338.120602T0000Z-120602T0600Z/

MD

. MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANNE ARUNDEL BALTIMORE CALVERT

CAROLINE CARROLL CECIL

CHARLES DORCHESTER FREDERICK

HARFORD HOWARD KENT

MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES QUEEN ANNE`S

SOMERSET ST. MARYS TALBOT

WICOMICO WORCESTER

MARYLAND INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

BALTIMORE CITY

$$

2am?

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http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0338.html

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR ISOLD TORNADOES AND DMGG WIND EXPECTED TO

PERSIST THROUGH MID-LATE EVE ACROSS WW AREA. IT APPEARS THAT THIS

THREAT WILL REMAIN BIMODAL...WITH /1/ EPISODIC STRENGTHENING OF LOW

LVL MESOCYCLONES ASSOCIATED WITH SEMI-DISCRETE/BROKEN LINE

SEGMENTS/SHALLOW SUPERCELLS NOW OVER THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION...AND

/2/ EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS ALONG FRONTAL/PRE-FRONTAL SQLN NOW

ENTERING WRN PORTIONS OF THE PA/MD/VA PIEDMONT. CONTINUED LOW LVL

MOISTURE RETURN...AND STRENGTHENING OF LOW TO MID LVL WIND FIELD

ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMPLIFICATION/EWD ADVANCE OF UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE

TROUGH...EXPECTED TO SOMEWHAT OFFSET NOCTURNAL STABILIZATION TO

MAINTAIN A RISK FOR SVR WEATHER INTO THE NIGHT

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