Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2006, 11:16 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 59 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 27, 2006, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2006, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cecil County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 27, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elkton, MD | NUMEROUS TREES, POLES AND WIRES DOWN, INCLUDING ONE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE AND ONE TREE DOWN ON A CAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 280316
SVRPHI
MDC015-280415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0209.060728T0316Z-060728T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1116 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1114 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 15 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTOWN...
OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALTIMORE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RISING SUN BY 1135 PM EDT...
NORTH EAST AND CHARLESTOWN BY 1140 PM EDT...
ELKTON BY 1150 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 3958 7639 3942 7630 3947 7588 3952 7586
3951 7580 3971 7584 3970 7617
$$
EBERWINE1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 280350
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1148 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
MDC015-280415-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-060728T0415Z/
CECIL MD-
1148 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR CECIL COUNTY...
AT 1147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NORTH EAST...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3958 7639 3942 7630 3947 7588 3952 7586
3951 7580 3971 7584 3970 7617
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.