Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 4:04 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 41 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 27, 2001, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2001, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Chestertown, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 272006 SVRPHI MDC029-035-272045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 404 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND. KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND. * UNTIL 445 PM EDT. * AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 14 MILES WEST OF ROCK HALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... STEVENSVILLE... ROCK HALL... CHURCH HILL... CHESTERTOWN... CENTREVILLE... LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. $$ LAT...LON 3924 7656 3896 7650 3900 7599 3934 7595 EBERWINE/QUAGLIARIELLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 51 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.