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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 13, 2000Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 8:02 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 58 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
May 13, 2000, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 8:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ECentreville, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2226 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
2226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

016 
WUUS51 KPHI 140004
SVRPHL
MDC029-035-041-140100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
802 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND.
  QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND.
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE
  BAY. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK HALL...STEVENSVILLE AT 840 PM EDT...
  BETTERTON AT 850 PM EDT...
  CHESTERTOWN...GRASONVILLE AT 900 PM EDT...
 
FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent58 min
May 13, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline35 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.