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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 2010Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 7:08 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 67 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
May 14, 2010, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 2010-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

677 
WUUS51 KPHI 142308 CCA
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-MDC015-029-150015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0024.100514T2308Z-100515T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
708 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PLEASANT HILL...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELKTON AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  BRANTWOOD...GLASGOW AND CAYOTS AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AND BOHEMIAS MILLS AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  MIDDLETOWN AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMYRNA AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  WOODLAND BEACH AROUND 755 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7588 3948 7558 3946 7558 3942 7553
      3937 7550 3932 7543 3925 7539 3906 7543
      3951 7599 3953 7599 3957 7606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 314DEG 33KT 3963 7588

$$

HAYES
1 follow-up statement
332 
WWUS51 KPHI 150010
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
810 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

DEC001-003-MDC015-029-150021-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-100515T0015Z/
KENT DE-CECIL MD-KENT MD-NEW CASTLE DE-
810 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN KENT...CECIL AND NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 815 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3973 7588 3948 7558 3946 7558 3942 7553
      3937 7550 3932 7543 3925 7539 3906 7543
      3951 7599 3953 7599 3957 7606
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 314DEG 33KT 3923 7534

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle55 min
May 14, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle60 min
May 14, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.