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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2006Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2006, 3:28 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 28, 2006, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 28, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 411 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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 281928
SVRPHI
MDC011-041-282030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0218.060728T1928Z-060728T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND
  NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 325 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 CORDOVA...OR ABOUT 32 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DENTON BY 340 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 3893 7600 3886 7602 3876 7572 3894 7574

$$
 
TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 281952
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

MDC041-282002-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-060728T2030Z/
TALBOT MD-
352 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALBOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM IS NOW OVER EASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3892 7586 3883 7584 3876 7572 3894 7574

$$

MDC011-282030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0218.000000T0000Z-060728T2030Z/
CAROLINE MD-
352 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY...

AT 350 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 DENTON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3892 7586 3883 7584 3876 7572 3894 7574

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.