Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 8:59 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 46 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 7, 2008, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rock Hall, MD | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG EASTERN NECK ISLAND ROAD NEAR ROCK HALL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 3588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 080059
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-080145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0044.080608T0059Z-080608T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
859 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
SOUTHERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STEVENSVILLE...OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF DOVER...AND MOVING EAST AT
38 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OVERTON AND 6 MILES NORTH OF GRASONVILLE BY 910 PM...
7 MILES SOUTH OF OLD TOWN BY 915 PM...
CENTREVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF STARKEY CORNER BY 920 PM...
CARVILLE...STARR AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHURCH HILL BY 925 PM...
HOPE BY 930 PM...
IN ADDITION TO 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 3905 7631 3900 7628 3899 7625 3898 7620
3901 7617 3910 7615 3909 7619 3901 7619
3901 7622 3910 7624 3916 7629 3915 7586
3892 7596 3895 7609 3892 7611 3897 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 281DEG 33KT 3906 7631
$$
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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.