Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 2002Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2002, 7:21 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2002, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 7:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ERock Hall, MD
May 14, 7:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 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 nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2002-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -217 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-115 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 
WUUS51 KPHI 142321
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCK HALL...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK HALL AT 725 PM.
  CHESTERTOWN AT 730 PM.
  CENTREVILLE AT 735 PM.
  CHURCH HILL...MILLINGTON AT 740 PM.
  SUDLERSVILLE AT 745 PM.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3900 7634 3896 7600 3918 7580 3936 7581
          3936 7609 3924 7623

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.