Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 5:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2008, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 16, 5:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millington, MD | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN MILLINGTON. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 162107
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-MDC011-029-035-041-162145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0082.080616T2106Z-080616T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
EASTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MILLINGTON TO OXFORD...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES WEST OF DOVER TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DOVER...AND MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MATTHEWS...WINDYHILL...TANYARD AND GRIFFIN BY 515 PM...
SANDTOWN...CHOPTANK...HARMONY AND PRESTON BY 520 PM...
HAZLETTVILLE AND PRESTON BY 525 PM...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3846 7571 3864 7572 3867 7575 3869 7582
3869 7589 3867 7595 3860 7598 3857 7603
3863 7612 3863 7615 3868 7619 3867 7619
3870 7624 3933 7586 3913 7539 3908 7539
3901 7531 3846 7564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 300DEG 29KT 3922 7580 3865 7613
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KPHI 162134 RRA
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
533 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
MDC029-162143-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080616T2145Z/
KENT MD-
533 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3864 7572 3869 7582 3869 7589 3867 7595
3860 7598 3857 7603 3863 7612 3863 7615
3868 7619 3872 7620 3925 7568 3913 7539
3908 7539 3900 7531 3846 7564 3846 7571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 300DEG 29KT 3908 7557 3852 7592
$$
DEC001-005-MDC011-035-041-162145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080616T2145Z/
KENT DE-CAROLINE MD-SUSSEX DE-QUEEN ANNES MD-TALBOT MD-
533 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN TALBOT...EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES...WESTERN SUSSEX...
CAROLINE AND KENT COUNTIES...
AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAZLETTVILLE TO 10
MILES SOUTH OF CHOPTANK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MAGNOLIA...DOVER BASE HOUSING...ANDREWSVILLE AND RIVERVIEW BY 540
PM EDT...
GREENWOOD...FREDERICA...HOUSTON AND BRIDGEVILLE BY 545 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3864 7572 3869 7582 3869 7589 3867 7595
3860 7598 3857 7603 3863 7612 3863 7615
3868 7619 3872 7620 3925 7568 3913 7539
3908 7539 3900 7531 3846 7564 3846 7571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 300DEG 29KT 3908 7557 3852 7592
$$
MPD000
WWUS51 KPHI 162139
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
539 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
MDC035-162149-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080616T2145Z/
QUEEN ANNES MD-
539 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3864 7572 3867 7575 3869 7582 3869 7590
3867 7595 3860 7598 3857 7603 3864 7607
3871 7606 3873 7608 3923 7563 3913 7539
3907 7539 3900 7531 3846 7564 3846 7571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 300DEG 29KT 3911 7561 3861 7607
$$
DEC001-005-MDC011-041-162145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-080616T2145Z/
KENT DE-CAROLINE MD-SUSSEX DE-TALBOT MD-
539 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT...WESTERN SUSSEX...CAROLINE AND KENT
COUNTIES...
AT 537 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
HAZLETTVILLE TO TRAPPE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOVER TO 49 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 33 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WOODSIDE...PRESTON...VIOLA AND WOODSIDE EAST BY 545 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3864 7572 3867 7575 3869 7582 3869 7590
3867 7595 3860 7598 3857 7603 3864 7607
3871 7606 3873 7608 3923 7563 3913 7539
3907 7539 3900 7531 3846 7564 3846 7571
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 300DEG 29KT 3911 7561 3861 7607
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.