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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 11, 1995Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1995, 2:16 AM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1995, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1995, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 1995-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1956 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1956 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 110622 RRA
SVRPHL
MDC015-029-110700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
216 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  MARYLAND
 
   ...CECIL COUNTY...KENT COUNTY
 
AT 215 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF CECIL AND KENT
COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND 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.
 
JONES/RPW

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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.