Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:04 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Trappe, MD |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 112202 SVRPHL MDC011-041-112230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 600 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN MARYLAND ...CAROLINE COUNTY...TALBOT COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS CHESAPEAKE BAY AND INTO TALBOT COUNTY AROUND EASTON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST...AND IT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS TALBOT AND CAROLINE COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 630 PM. HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. RPW/DI
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, May 11, 4:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 406 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE POCONOS... LEHIGH VALLEY...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTH. THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ...CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER... MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX... MERCER...MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...AND GLOUCESTER. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT EARLIER FOR THE POCONOS AND LEHIGH VALLEY. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...AS WELL AS OTHER SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. CHJ
Local storm report, May 11, 4:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA, PA
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM JIM THORPE PA WIND DAMAGE
05/11/96 CARBON TREES DOWN. ALSO TREES
DOWN AT TAMAQUA.
0425 PM GILBERT PA WIND DAMAGE
05/11/96 MONROE . TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD.Special weather statement, May 11, 4:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>015-017>020-026-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 406 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR THE POCONOS... LEHIGH VALLEY...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE EXTREME SOUTH. THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ...CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER... MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX... MERCER...MONMOUTH...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...AND GLOUCESTER. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT EARLIER FOR THE POCONOS AND LEHIGH VALLEY. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...AS WELL AS OTHER SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. CHJ
Special weather statement, May 11, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
NJZ016-021-022>025-DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-120300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 450 PM EDT SAT MAY 11 1996 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ALL OF DELAWARE...AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... ...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAPE MAY...AND ATLANTIC. THE DELAWARE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... NEW CASTLE...KENT...AND SUSSEX. THE MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...TALBOT...AND CAROLINE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...HAIL THREE-QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...AND SOMETIMES TORNADOES. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. JJM
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.