Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 59 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.