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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 27, 2007Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2007, 6:53 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 67 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, 2007, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cecil County, MD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 8:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGChesapeake City, MDA COUPLE OF TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN CHESAPEAKE CITY.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 2007-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1522 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 2007-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 272254
SVRPHI
MDC015-280000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0147.070727T2253Z-070728T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
653 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 644 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 12
  MILES WEST OF CHARLESTOWN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST OF NEWARK...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHARLESTOWN BY 715 PM EDT...
  NORTH EAST BY 720 PM EDT...
  ELKTON BY 735 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3964 7629 3947 7624 3951 7579 3972 7581

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil97 min

Nearby

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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.