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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 2006Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2006, 3:49 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 31, 2006, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2006, 4:48 PM 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), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 31, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nnw Port Deposit, MDTREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR CONOWINGO DAM.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2006-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 954 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 2006-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 311950
SVRPHI
MDC015-312100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0224.060731T1949Z-060731T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
349 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 345 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 7 MILES WEST OF RISING SUN...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RISING SUN BY 410 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS POSSIBLE. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY 

LAT...LON 3975 7615 3965 7625 3953 7611 3964 7596

$$

KRUZDLO
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 312016
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
413 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006

MDC015-312100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-060731T2100Z/
CECIL MD-
413 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CECIL COUNTY...

AT 410 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 PERRYVILLE...OR ABOUT
19 MILES WEST OF NEWARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. COUNTY OFFICIALS 
REPORTED TREES AND WIRES DOWN NEAR CONOWINGO DAM. MOVE INDOORS IF 
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3975 7615 3965 7625 3953 7611 3964 7596

$$

KRUZDLO
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 312048
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
446 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006

MDC015-312056-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-060731T2100Z/
CECIL MD-
446 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CECIL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WIND DAMAGE NEAR 
CONOWINGO DAM WAS WEAKENED. FOR THIS REASON...THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELED.

LAT...LON 3975 7615 3965 7625 3953 7611 3964 7596

$$

KRUZDLO

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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.