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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2004Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2004, 5:03 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 11, 2004, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 12:00Z on 2004-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2004-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 112103
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-112200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
502 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS.  THESE STORMS WERE 
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF BETTERTON TO 
  7 MILES WEST OF STEVENSVILLE AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STEVENSVILLE BY 510 PM EDT...
  GRASONVILLE BY 520 PM EDT...
  ROCK HALL BY 525 PM EDT...
  CENTREVILLE AND BETTERTON BY 545 PM EDT...
  CHESTERTOWN BY 550 PM EDT...
  CHURCH HILL BY 555 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3911 7625 3915 7628 3932 7618 3937 7612
      3937 7606 3912 7584 3897 7596 3892 7596
      3895 7609 3889 7611 3885 7620 3892 7620
      3897 7625 3891 7625 3891 7626 3903 7632

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot54 min
Aug 11, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot53 min
Aug 11, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot63 min
Aug 11, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHITalbot2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.