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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2009Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2009, 12:10 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 65 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
Aug 2, 2009, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2009, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 12:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFederalsburg, MDTREES DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 021610
SVRPHI
MDC011-041-021745-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0178.090802T1610Z-090802T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1210 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EASTON...

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
  TILGHMAN ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OXFORD AROUND 1230 PM EDT...
  HAMBLETON...TRAPPE AND EASTON AROUND 1250 PM EDT...
  WINDYHILL AROUND 100 PM EDT...
  WINDYHILL...CHOPTANK AND TANYARD AROUND 105 PM EDT...
  PRESTON AROUND 115 PM EDT...
  HARMONY AROUND 120 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3868 7619 3867 7621 3873 7625 3869 7636
      3875 7635 3877 7638 3876 7635 3883 7631
      3887 7625 3884 7625 3882 7621 3886 7619
      3890 7610 3892 7573 3865 7572 3869 7583
      3869 7590 3867 7595 3857 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 264DEG 17KT 3868 7630

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 021715
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
115 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

MDC011-041-021725-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-090802T1745Z/
CAROLINE MD-TALBOT MD-
115 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALBOT AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF 
TALBOT COUNTY AND CAROLINE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3868 7619 3867 7621 3873 7625 3869 7636
      3875 7635 3877 7638 3876 7635 3883 7631
      3887 7625 3884 7625 3882 7621 3886 7619
      3890 7610 3892 7573 3865 7572 3869 7583
      3869 7590 3867 7595 3857 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 264DEG 17KT 3871 7591

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHICecil13 hr
Aug 2, 10:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil9 hr
Aug 2, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil67 min
Aug 2, 10:32 AM EDTTornado WarningPHICecil28 min
Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's96 min
Aug 2, 12:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 hr

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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.