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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 4, 2006Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 5:47 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2006, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 6:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W St. Michaels, MDTREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2006-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 965 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 2006-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 042147
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-042230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0133.060704T2147Z-060704T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
547 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ST. MICHAELS...OR ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTH OF BALTIMORE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. MICHAELS BY 605 PM EDT...
  OXFORD BY 615 PM EDT...
  EASTON BY 620 PM EDT...
  TRAPPE BY 625 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3893 7641 3888 7644 3858 7606 3894 7597

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.