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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 29, 2007Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2007, 3:32 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 58 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 29, 2007, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2007-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1003 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2007-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1003 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 291932
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-292030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0168.070729T1932Z-070729T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
332 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 329 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
  CORDOVA...OR ABOUT 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  QUEEN ANNE BY 340 PM EDT...
  CENTREVILLE BY 405 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3876 7615 3877 7596 3909 7595 3906 7617

$$

AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 292017
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

MDC041-292027-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-070729T2030Z/
TALBOT MD-
417 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

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

LAT...LON 3893 7615 3893 7596 3909 7590 3906 7617

$$

MDC035-292030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0168.000000T0000Z-070729T2030Z/
QUEEN ANNES MD-
417 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY...

AT 416 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 CENTREVILLE...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTREVILLE BY 430 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3893 7615 3893 7596 3909 7590 3906 7617

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent62 min
Jul 29, 7:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 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.