Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 23 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
- Apr 28, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Marydel, MD | WIRES AND SOME TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KPHI 282037 TORPHI DEC001-MDC011-035-282100- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0002.080428T2037Z-080428T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 437 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE... NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTLY...OR 16 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HARTLY BY 445 PM EDT... CAMDEN...CHESWOLD AND WOODSIDE BY 455 PM EDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. THIS CIRCULATION IS TIGHTENING INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A TORNADO CAN FORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3928 7558 3904 7552 3908 7579 3911 7582 TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 252DEG 28KT 3910 7576 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 282045 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 445 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008 MDC011-035-282055- /O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080428T2100Z/ CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNES MD- 445 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES AND NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. LAT...LON 3928 7558 3904 7552 3909 7571 3914 7573 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 252DEG 26KT 3912 7569 $$ DEC001-282100- /O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080428T2100Z/ KENT DE- 445 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL KENT COUNTY... AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WYOMING...OR 11 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WOODSIDE BY 455 PM EDT... WYOMING...CAMDEN...CHESWOLD AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WOODSIDE EAST BY 500 PM EDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3928 7558 3904 7552 3909 7571 3914 7573 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 252DEG 26KT 3912 7569 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil | 113 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 2008Tornado Warnings in Delaware, 2008Every tornado warning in 2008Tornadoes 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.