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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 25, 2009Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2009, 10:29 PM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 25, 2009, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2009, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 10:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDover, DESEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD AND DOWNED WIRES WEST OF DOVER.
Jul 25, 10:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDover Base Housing, DESEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD AND DOWNED WIRES WEST OF DOVER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 982 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 260229
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-MDC011-035-041-260330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0135.090726T0229Z-090726T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1029 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...
  CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1028 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 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 6 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO TO
  PRESTON TO 27 MILES SOUTH OF WINDYHILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 17 MILES WEST OF DOVER TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASTON TO 26
  MILES WEST OF SALISBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AGNER AND GOLDSBORO AROUND 1035 PM EDT...
  HARTLY...SMITHVILLE...SANDTOWN AND FEDERALSBURG AROUND 1040 PM
  EDT...
  HAZLETTVILLE AROUND 1045 PM EDT...
  ANDREWSVILLE AROUND 1050 PM EDT...
  CHESWOLD AND DOVER SPEEDWAY AROUND 1055 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3846 7570 3865 7572 3869 7583 3867 7595
      3860 7598 3857 7604 3867 7599 3915 7591
      3933 7544 3924 7538 3907 7539 3898 7529
      3893 7530 3880 7516 3880 7507 3847 7503
      3844 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 254DEG 30KT 3912 7582 3869 7586
          3830 7607

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent44 min
Jul 26, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle70 min
Jul 25, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.