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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 4, 2008Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2008, 7:17 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 58 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, 2008, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 7:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Stevensville, MDTREES AND WIRES DOWN ON HARBOR DRIVE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 4, 2:53 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 042318
SVRPHI
MDC011-035-041-050015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0041.080604T2317Z-080605T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
717 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND     
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR              
  GRASONVILLE...OR ABOUT 42 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...AND           
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SKIPTON BY 725 PM...
  CORDOVA...QUEEN ANNE AND MATTHEWS BY 730 PM...
  GRIFFIN AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGELY BY 735 PM...
  DENTON AND 6 MILES NORTH OF HARMONY BY 740 PM...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3893 7637 3900 7634 3901 7628 3898 7621
      3901 7617 3901 7576 3871 7573 3882 7631
      3887 7626 3884 7625 3882 7620 3892 7621
      3895 7624 3890 7624 3894 7628 3891 7628
      3890 7632 3887 7632 3884 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 277DEG 40KT 3889 7616

$$

GORSE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 042352
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
751 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

MDC011-035-041-050015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080605T0015Z/
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNES MD-TALBOT MD-
751 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN TALBOT...SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNES AND CENTRAL CAROLINE
COUNTIES...

AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STORMS ARE MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CORDOVA...HILLSBORO...MATTHEWS AND QUEEN ANNE BY 755 PM EDT...
  GRIFFIN AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGELY BY 800 PM EDT...
  DENTON AND 6 MILES NORTH OF HARMONY BY 805 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3893 7637 3900 7634 3901 7628 3898 7621
      3901 7617 3901 7576 3871 7573 3882 7631
      3887 7626 3884 7625 3882 7620 3892 7621
      3895 7624 3890 7624 3894 7628 3891 7628
      3890 7632 3887 7632 3884 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 277DEG 40KT 3888 7605

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot58 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot32 min
Jun 4, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot61 min

Nearby

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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.