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Excessive Heat in Central and Southeast Howard, Maryland

Excessive Heat July 28, 2023 · Central and Southeast Howard, Maryland

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet station in Columbia, Maryland, DW1546, measured heat indices as high as 113F. Several other mesonets across Central and Southeast Howard County measured peak heat indices in excess of 110F.

The wider storm

The combination of a strong upper-level high pressure over the central United States and moist southwest winds resulted in hot and humid conditions across the Mid-Atlantic that produced excessive heat conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1121053. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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