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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 27, 1995Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 280100 RRA
SVRPHL
MDC029-035-280130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
901 PM EDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  MARYLAND
 
   ...KENT COUNTY...QUEEN ANNES COUNTY
 
AT 855 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO WESTERN KENT AND QUEEN ANNES COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS ANpD DEADLY LIGHTNING.  SHOULD THE STORM
APPROACH MOVE INSIDE QUICKLY. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  MOBILE
HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
 
AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.