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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 5, 2003Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2003, 10:12 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 48 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 5, 2003, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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.

503 
WUUS51 KPHI 060212
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-060300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1011 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND.
  WESTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

* AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...15 MILES WEST OF ST. MICHAELS...MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. MICHAELS AT 1040 PM.
  STEVENSVILLE AT 1055 PM.
  GRASONVILLE AT 1100 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3878 7607 3896 7615 3900 7622 3905 7634
          3885 7640 3867 7640

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's65 min

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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.