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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 25, 2007Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2007, 11:54 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 66 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
Aug 25, 2007, 11:54 PM EDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2007, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
66 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-271 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 260356
SVRPHI
MDC011-041-260500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0227.070826T0354Z-070826T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1154 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND  
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORDOVA...OR ABOUT   
  35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CORDOVA BY 1205 AM EDT...
  QUEEN ANNE BY 1215 AM EDT...
  RIDGELY AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENTON BY 1230 AM EDT...
  GREENSBORO BY 1245 AM EDT...
  GOLDSBORO BY 1255 AM EDT...

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 3888 7616 3889 7611 3893 7611 3894 7610
      3891 7599 3893 7597 3892 7596 3894 7595
      3911 7577 3883 7574 3873 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 242DEG 15KT 3890 7606

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's62 min
Aug 25, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline58 min
Aug 25, 11:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Talbot3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.