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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 1, 1994Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1994, 3:03 PM EST for Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 1994, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1994, 3:30 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cecil County, MD, Chester County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1994-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 1994-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 012004 RRA
SVRPHL
MDC015-PAC029-012030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
303 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND
 
   ...CECIL COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...CHESTER COUNTY
 
AT 300 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
THROUGH CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND AND INTO CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE
FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER
INDOORS...BUT DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST
VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND EASTERN MARYLAND 800 PM EST.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES 
TLITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 1, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PAZ066>071-NJZ016>026-501-DEZ001>004-501-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
150 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDING SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
   DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...MOST OF MARYLAND AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.
THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST...AND IT ALSO INCLUDES ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS...DELAWARE BAY AND CHESAPEAKE BAY.

IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...
OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE
MAY.

IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND
SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL
...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER
THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

AT 145 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EXTENDING THROUGH
EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY AND WESTERN OCEAN COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO
WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED
FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD INTO WASHINGTON DC.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM.  THEY
WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PAZ066>071-NJZ016>026-501-DEZ001>004-501-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
150 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDING SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
   DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...MOST OF MARYLAND AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.
THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST...AND IT ALSO INCLUDES ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS...DELAWARE BAY AND CHESAPEAKE BAY.

IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...
OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE
MAY.

IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND
SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL
...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER
THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

AT 145 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EXTENDING THROUGH
EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY AND WESTERN OCEAN COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO
WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED
FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD INTO WASHINGTON DC.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM.  THEY
W2ILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:15 PM EST, 48 minutes before
PAZ058>062-066>071-NJZ016>026-501-DEZ001>004-501-
MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874 REPLACES NUMBER 873...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
UNTIL 800 PM...

THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 BUT ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN...
CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES.

IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS...
LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...
CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES.

IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND
SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL
...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER
THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES.
THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED
FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD TO BALTIMORE MD.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM.
THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:17 PM EST, 46 minutes before
PAZ058>062-066>071-NJZ016>026-501-DEZ001>004-501-
MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874 REPLACES NUMBER 873...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
UNTIL 800 PM...

THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 BUT ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN...
CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES.

IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS...
LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...
CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES.

IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND
SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL
...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER
THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES.
THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED
FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD TO BALTIMORE MD.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM.
THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:19 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PAZ058>062-066>071-NJZ012>026-010-009-DEZ001>004-501-
MDZ008-012-015-019-020-012100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 874 REPLACES NUMBER 873...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
UNTIL 800 PM...

THIS NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS COUNTIES
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 873 BUT ALSO INCLUDES PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN...
CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES.

IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS...
LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...
CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES.

IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND
SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL
...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER
THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES.
THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE BY 300 PM.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT...EXTENDED
FROM JUST EAST OF HARRISBURG PA SOUTHWARD TO BALTIMORE MD.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND COULD CONTAIN
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UPPER AND CENTRAL DELMARVA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM.
THEY WILL THEN SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

RNS
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 2:59 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PAZ067>071-MDZ008-012-DEZ001-NJZ015>019-012200-0

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 PM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
UNTIL 800 PM...

IN NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BURLINGTON...OCEAN...
CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...SALEM...ATLANTIC...CUMBERLAND AND CAPE MAY...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND MERCER COUNTIES.

IN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SCHUYLKILL...BERKS...
LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...LEBANON...LANCASTER...YORK...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...
CHESTER...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES.

IN DELAWARE THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF NEW CASTLE...KENT AND
SUSSEX.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CECIL
...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT AND CAROLINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL WITH A DIAMETER GREATER
THAN THAT OF A DIME. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

AT 255 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SCHUYLKILL AND LANCASTER COUNTIES IN
PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH TO HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE HAD REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MNOVE THROUGH
CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND...NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE AND INTO CHESTER...
MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES IN
PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 500 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

RNS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 3:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1994Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.