Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 6:46 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 40 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 2, 2008, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 7:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KPHI 022246
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-041-022345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0206.080802T2246Z-080802T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
646 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 642 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 11
MILES WEST OF STEVENSVILLE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF
CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVENSVILLE BY 705 PM...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER BY 710 PM...
TALBOT BY 725 PM...
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TILGHMAN ISLAND BY 730 PM...
ST. MICHAELS BY 735 PM...
COPPERVILLE BY 740 PM...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3876 7635 3887 7625 3882 7621 3883 7620
3895 7624 3890 7624 3894 7628 3884 7638
3885 7639 3903 7633 3899 7625 3899 7623
3904 7625 3898 7621 3897 7597 3867 7621
3873 7625 3866 7635 3877 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 307DEG 20KT 3897 7650
$$
MPD1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KPHI 022326
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
726 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
MDC029-035-041-022336-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-080802T2345Z/
KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES MD-TALBOT MD-
726 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN TALBOT...SOUTHWESTERN
QUEEN ANNES AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING TO BE ISSUED HAS WEAKENED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3876 7635 3887 7625 3882 7621 3883 7620
3895 7624 3890 7624 3894 7628 3884 7638
3885 7639 3903 7633 3899 7625 3899 7623
3904 7625 3898 7621 3897 7597 3867 7621
3873 7625 3866 7635 3877 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 307DEG 20KT 3884 7627
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 37 min |
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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.