Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2006, 6:10 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 45 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 22, 2006, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2006, 6:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Galena, MD | 8 REPORTS COUNTYWIDE. GALENA HARD HIT. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 222210 SVRPHI MDC015-029-222315- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0198.060722T2210Z-060722T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 610 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND NORTHERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BETTERTON...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF BALTIMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BETTERTON BY 615 PM EDT... CECILTON BY 640 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 3940 7623 3926 7619 3930 7579 3951 7580 $$ STAUBER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KPHI 222226 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 626 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 MDC015-029-222315- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-060722T2315Z/ CECIL MD-KENT MD- 626 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN KENT AND SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTIES... AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CECILTON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY AT 640 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. LAT...LON 3940 7623 3926 7619 3930 7579 3951 7580 $$ STAUBER
000 WWUS51 KPHI 222255 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 656 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 MDC015-029-222306- /O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-060722T2315Z/ CECIL MD-KENT MD- 656 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN KENT AND SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. LAT...LON 3940 7623 3926 7619 3930 7579 3951 7580 $$ STAUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.