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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 30, 1998Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 1998, 11:24 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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 30, 1998, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 954 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

769 
WFUS1 KPHL 310325 RRA
TORPHL
MDC029-035-310400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1124 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN MARYLAND
  QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN MARYLAND

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1123 PM EDT... A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED 5 MILES WEST
  NORTHWEST OF EDESVILLE... BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EDESVILLE AT 1135 PM EDT
  FAIRLEE AT 1135 PM EDT
  LANGFORD AT 1140 PM EDT

DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN THIS TORNADO WITH YOUR CAR OR OTHER VEHICLE.
ABANDON CARS OR MOBILE HOMES FOR SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...GET IN A CULVERT OR DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IN A HOME OR BUSINESS...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT...OR AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

AK/JM

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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.