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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 6, 2003Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2003, 10:04 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 6, 2003, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kent County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2433 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

562 
WUUS51 KPHI 070204
SVRPHI
MDC029-070300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1003 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 1001 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...JUST NORTHEAST OF  CHESTERTOWN...MOVING      
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CHESTERTOWN...
  ROCK HALL...

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

LAT...LON 3927 7614 3938 7602 3937 7580 3914 7605
          3902 7616 3905 7619 3901 7621 3904 7626
          3910 7625 3915 7627
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil64 min
Jul 6, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil60 min
Jul 6, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's51 min
Jul 6, 10:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIQueen Anne's55 min
Jul 6, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot40 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.