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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 2008Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2008, 11:22 AM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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 22, 2008, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2008, 11:58 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 10:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2008-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 2008-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 221523
SVRPHI
MDC041-221615-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0141.080722T1522Z-080722T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1122 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF OXFORD...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD BY 1145 AM...
  TRAPPE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBLETON BY NOON...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF WINDYHILL BY 1205 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY.

LAT...LON 3872 7635 3876 7600 3872 7602 3865 7595
      3860 7598 3857 7603 3861 7609 3861 7611
      3863 7612 3863 7615 3868 7619 3866 7621
      3872 7626 3870 7628 3873 7631 3868 7631
      3866 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 274DEG 26KT 3862 7641

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 221558
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1156 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

MDC041-221606-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-080722T1615Z/
TALBOT MD-
1156 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE EXTREME 
SOUTHERN PORTION OF TALBOT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR, THE 
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED FURTHER SOUTH. THEREFORE, THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 3872 7635 3876 7600 3872 7602 3865 7595
      3860 7598 3857 7603 3861 7609 3861 7611
      3863 7612 3863 7615 3868 7619 3866 7621
      3872 7626 3870 7628 3873 7631 3868 7631
      3866 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 274DEG 26KT 3860 7610

$$

JJM

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.