Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 6:05 PM EDT for Queen Anne's 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
- Jun 24, 1996, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 6:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Centreville, 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 242206 SVRPHL MDC035-242235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 605 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN MARYLAND ...SOUTHERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME EASTERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MOVING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO ENTER SOUTHERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY BY ABOUT 610 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM. 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. SEVERE THUNDEBRSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.