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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 4, 2007Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 4, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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
Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Rock Hall, MDPENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ROCK HALL BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2007-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2007-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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 042230
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-042330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0047.070604T2230Z-070604T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
630 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO ABOUT
  60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF STEVENSVILLE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK HALL BY 635 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF GRASONVILLE BY 645 PM EDT...
  CENTREVILLE BY 655 PM EDT...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF CHURCH HILL BY 700 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 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 3923 7637 3900 7640 3891 7596 3922 7584
      3927 7613

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 042302
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
700 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007

MDC029-042310-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-070604T2330Z/
KENT MD-
700 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007

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

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER LOOKS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 3899 7628 3899 7616 3905 7618 3917 7603
      3920 7605 3924 7601 3922 7585 3898 7604
      3892 7616 3897 7616 3889 7620 3897 7625
      3891 7624 3894 7629 3891 7629 3894 7631
      3892 7635 3887 7633 3885 7638 3885 7638

$$

MDC035-042330-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-070604T2330Z/
QUEEN ANNES MD-
700 PM EDT MON JUN 4 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR QUEEN ANNES COUNTY...

 
AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
TO ABOUT 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHURCH HILL...OR ABOUT
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

A SECOND POSSIBLY SEVERE STORM WILL BE CROSSING THE SOUTHERN PART
OF KENT ISLAND BY 715 PM.

 
IN ADDITION TO THE 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 3899 7628 3899 7616 3905 7618 3917 7603
      3920 7605 3924 7601 3922 7585 3898 7604
      3892 7616 3897 7616 3889 7620 3897 7625
      3891 7624 3894 7629 3891 7629 3894 7631
      3892 7635 3887 7633 3885 7638 3885 7638

$$
 
TFG

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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.