Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 101
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 5, 2008, 1:04 AM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2008, 1:04 AM EST (06:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2008, 3:37 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 0.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 23 counties
Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 10%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 50%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 1:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 1:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 1:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 2:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 2:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 40 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 12:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 67 min |
| Mar 4, 7:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allegany, Garrett | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 2:32 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more | 88 min |
| Mar 5, 3:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 8 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2008Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.