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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 8, 1996Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 5:31 PM EST for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 1996, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1996, 6:15 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Kent County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1996-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 563 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 1996-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 082232 RRA
SVRPHL
MDC029-082315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EST FRI NOV 8 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  MARYLAND

   ...KENT COUNTY
 
AT 528 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER
RADAR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCK HALL MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... ROCK HALL...
CROSBY AND  EDESVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW.  AFTER THE
STORM HAS PASSED...REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN HOUR...
DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF HTHE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE
LATEST STORM INFORMATION.

TFG/AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 5:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's43 min
Nov 8, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.