Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2005, 9:11 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 49 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
- May 14, 2005, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2005, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 150111 SVRPHI MDC035-150200- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0017.050515T0111Z-050515T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 911 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRASONVILLE...OR ABOUT 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALTIMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRASONVILLE BY 925 PM EDT CENTREVILLE BY 940 PM EDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3886 7641 3880 7635 3901 7597 3912 7613 $$ AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 150138 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 937 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 MDC035-150200- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050515T0200Z/ QUEEN ANNES MD- 937 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY... AT 932 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR QUEENSTOWN...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CENTREVILLE BY 940 PM EDT BARCLAY BY 955 PM EDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 3898 7622 3891 7616 3900 7592 3918 7584 $$ AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Talbot | 38 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.