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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 9, 1995Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
45 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, 0.8 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 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 100047 RRA
SVRPHL
MDC029-035-100130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
845 PM EDT SUN APR 9 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 8:40 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MT. HOLLY INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORM OVER CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE PAST HOUR.
 
 
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 SHELTERINDOORS...BUT DO NOT STAND NEAR
WINDOWS.  MOBILE HOMES ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND SHnOULD
BE AVOIDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil42 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.