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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 2002Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2002, 7:59 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2002, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Whole counties

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 14, 8:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Tilghman, MD
May 14, 8:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Clayton, DE
May 14, 8:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Greensboro, 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 142359
SVRPHI
DEC001-MDC011-041-150045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE.
  CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND.
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND.

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.

* AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HARTLY TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDSBORO TO 12 MILES
  NORTH OF EASTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARTLY AT 805 PM.
  CHESWOLD...GOLDSBORO...EASTON AT 810 PM.
  DENTON AT 815 PM.
  WOODSIDE...CAMDEN...DOVER...TRAPPE AT 820 PM.
  VIOLA AT 825 PM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3882 7614 3862 7608 3873 7596 3874 7577
          3885 7575 3891 7536 3930 7554 3926 7573
          3911 7574 3892 7593

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	57 min
May 14, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	30 min
May 14, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2002 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2002 Every 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.