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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 17, 1996Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1996, 7:41 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 17, 1996, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cecil County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 1996-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 172342
SVRPHL
MDC015-180015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
741 PM EDT MON JUN 17 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  MARYLAND

   ...SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER
RADAR 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRYSTAL BEACH MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 14
MPH.

THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... TOWN POINT... HACK
POINT... EARLEVILLE AND  CECILTON.

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

IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING...CONTACT 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.

TFG/CHJ

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.