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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 14, 2004Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2004, 8:28 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2004, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2004, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
47 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

784 
WUUS51 KPHI 150028
SVRPHI
MDC029-150115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
828 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 824 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  BETTERTON...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GALENA BY 850 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3937 7614 3926 7619 3927 7578 3939 7580

$$

RPW/RNS/AC/LJC

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.