Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 16, 1996Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1996, 5:48 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 42 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
Aug 16, 1996, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1996-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 346 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 1996-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 162147
SVRPHL
MDC035-041-162230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
548 PM EDT FRI AUG 16 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  MARYLAND

   ...WESTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY
   ...TALBOT COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AROUND 25 MPH...AND IT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND INTO
WESTERN QUEEN ANNE/S COUNTY AND TALBOT COUNTY BY ABOUT 600 PM.  THE
STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT EASTON...SAINT MICHAEL/S...EASTON AND
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL
1100 PM.

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...FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION.

JRP/DI

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.