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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 10, 2007Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2007, 3:11 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 49 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 10, 2007, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2007-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1638 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2007-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 101911
SVRPHI
DEC001-MDC011-035-102000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0129.070710T1911Z-070710T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
311 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HARTLY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF DOVER...AND MOVING WEST AT 5
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TEMPLEVILLE BY 325 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3902 7587 3904 7567 3918 7567 3918 7586

$$

AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 101934
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

DEC001-MDC011-035-102000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-070710T2000Z/
KENT DE-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNES MD-
333 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES...NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE AND
SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTIES...

AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MARYDEL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING WEST 
AT 5 MPH. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE FORMED SOUTHWARD ALONG 
THE BORDER BETWEEN KENT COUNTY DE AND CAROLINE COUNTY MD.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARYDEL BY 345 PM EDT...
  HENDERSON...TEMPLEVILLE...GOLDSBORO AND 9 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO
  BY 400 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3883 7582 3884 7565 3918 7567 3918 7586

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:04 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot5 hr
Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline31 min
Jul 10, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot34 min
Jul 10, 3:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.