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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2008, 3:58 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 4, 4:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Preston, MD | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ALSO DAMAGE TO AN INDUSTRIAL PARK BUILDING. |
| Jun 4, 4:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Denton, MD | TREES DOWN WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOUSE NEAR DENTON. |
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 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KPHI 041958
TORPHI
MDC011-035-041-042030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0003.080604T1958Z-080604T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 354 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TALBOT...OR
48 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EASTON...TANYARD AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF CORDOVA BY 405 PM...
HARMONY...MATTHEWS...GRIFFIN AND 6 MILES NORTH OF PRESTON BY 410
PM...
AGNER BY 415 PM...
SMITHVILLE BY 420 PM...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 3885 7628 3886 7625 3884 7625 3882 7621
3886 7621 3893 7575 3864 7571 3869 7582
3869 7589 3867 7593 3871 7624 3873 7625
3871 7627 3872 7631 3872 7635 3875 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 270DEG 53KT 3879 7619
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.