Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2005, 11:38 AM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 21 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 7, 2005, 11:38 AM EDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2005, 11:59 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KPHI 071538 TORPHI MDC035-071630- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0004.050807T1538Z-050807T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1138 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND * UNTIL 1230 PM EDT * AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHURCH HILL...OR ABOUT 31 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CHURCH HILL BY 1205 PM EDT SUDLERSVILLE BY 1230 PM EDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3912 7610 3894 7599 3917 7577 3926 7590 $$ EBERWINE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 071559 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1200 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 MDC035-071610- /O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050807T1630Z/ QUEEN ANNES MD- 1200 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE NOW WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. LAT...LON 3912 7610 3894 7599 3917 7577 3926 7590 $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.