3-D Radar and Photos from Baltimore Tornado
The National Weather Service in Baltimore has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado hit Baltimore County and City early Wednesday morning around 1:30 AM (read complete report). Some of the NWS storm survey photos are really incredible when you look at them up close -- and remember, this tornado's winds were EF-1 force -- under 100 MPH. Now imagine the destruction that an EF-5 could do!
Sadly, no Tornado Warning was issued (which is pretty rare these days), although a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, shown below as the yellow box, was issued about 30 minutes before the twister struck, saying "RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH."
Given that, it's fortunate that only three people were injured. Two police officers watched as "parked cars spun around." This was in the middle of the night, remember! If you have a weather radio or cell phone with alerts from AccuWeather.com, you should take shelter even for a Severe Thunderstorm Warning that comes overnight, because they can unpredictably spawn tornadoes.
Henry uploaded a 3-D radar image of the tornado Wednesday which I am reprinting below. The story of how the twister formed is a complex but very interesting one.
Quoting from the NWS report:
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