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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 2009Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2009, 3:02 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2009, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2009-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 2009-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 131902
SVRPHI
DEC003-MDC015-132000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0069.090613T1902Z-090613T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWARK...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL.  THIS   STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR APPLETON...OR NEAR NEWARK...AND 
MOVING   SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY 
HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA IN NEW CASTLE 
COUNTY AS SEVERAL OTHER STORMS HAVE DONE. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARKSDALE AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  NEWARK AROUND 325 PM EDT...
  ELKTON AROUND 330 PM EDT...
  GLASGOW AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANTWOOD AROUND 345 PM EDT...
  BEAR AROUND 355 PM EDT...
  SAINT GEORGES...DELAWARE CITY AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT
  AROUND 400 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3972 7578 3976 7574 3977 7566 3980 7557
      3972 7555 3965 7558 3962 7560 3960 7560
      3959 7558 3948 7559 3953 7593 3971 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 311DEG 8KT 3969 7583

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline3 hr
Jun 13, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline53 min
Jun 13, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil4 hr
Jun 13, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle67 min
Jun 13, 2:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle4 hr
Jun 13, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningPHISussex54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.