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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 15, 2009Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 2:52 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 37 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 15, 2009, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 3:29 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 151852
SVRPHI
MDC029-152000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0074.090615T1852Z-090615T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
252 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  NEWTOWN...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESTERTOWN AROUND 345 PM EDT...
  LANGFORD AROUND 355 PM EDT...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCK HALL AROUND 400 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 7628 3920 7625 3934 7618 3934 7617
      3934 7615 3938 7610 3938 7608 3924 7600
      3909 7624 3911 7626 3914 7626 3914 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 344DEG 7KT 3931 7617

$$

GORSE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 151929
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

MDC029-151938-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-090615T2000Z/
KENT MD-
329 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN KENT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED 
SUBSTANTIALLY, THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3917 7628 3920 7625 3934 7618 3934 7617
      3934 7615 3938 7610 3938 7608 3924 7600
      3909 7624 3911 7626 3914 7626 3914 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 344DEG 7KT 3924 7615

$$

GORSE/DEFINO

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.