Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 27, 2003Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2003, 3:55 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2003, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Talbot County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1461 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
1461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1360 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 271955
SVRPHI
MDC041-272100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN CALVERT COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 
  MPH.  THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BAY TOWARD TALBOT COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  EASTON...
  OXFORD...
  QUEEN ANNE...
  ST. MICHAELS...
  TRAPPE...

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3868 7623 3868 7633 3875 7637 3887 7626
          3883 7622 3894 7605 3890 7595 3881 7590
          3874 7602 3868 7596 3861 7598 3856 7604
$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's64 min
Jun 27, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.