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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 15, 1996Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1996, 4:39 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 15, 1996, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1996, 5:25 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 1996-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 467 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 1996-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 152039
SVRPHL
MDC035-041-152125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
439 PM EDT MON JUL 15 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 525 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  MARYLAND

   ...SOUTHERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY
 
AT 435 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY NWS DOPPLER
RADAR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRBANK MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

THIS STORM MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING NEARBY AREAS... FAIRBANK...
NEAVITT... BELLEVUE AND  OXFORD.

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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE
LATEST STORM INFORMATION.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND DO NOT
STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM PASSES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

AMC/JH

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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.