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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2003Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2003, 5:08 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 26, 2003, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2003, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Talbot County, MD

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2003-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2003-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 262108
SVRPHI
MDC041-262200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND.

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. MICHAELS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. MICHAELS AT 530 PM.
  EASTON...OXFORD AT 540 PM.
  TRAPPE AT 545 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TUESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

$$

LAT...LON 3887 7597 3889 7626 3883 7637 3867 7635
          3864 7602 3877 7605

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's51 min
Aug 26, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.