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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2010Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT for Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 22, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2010, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 8:11 PM EDTHAIL 1Sudlersville, MDQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SUDLERSVILLE.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1520 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
1520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

454 
WUUS51 KPHI 230000
SVRPHI
DEC001-MDC011-029-035-230030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0066.100623T0000Z-100623T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
800 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 758 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
  CRUMPTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SUDLERSVILLE AND MILLINGTON AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  HARTLY AROUND 820 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 GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3926 7571 3907 7569 3919 7600 3928 7601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 299DEG 30KT 3922 7592

$$

DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's46 min
Jun 22, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot18 min
Jun 22, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's27 min
Jun 22, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline66 min
Jun 22, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot59 min
Jun 22, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle61 min
Jun 22, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Jun 22, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex41 min
Jun 22, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Jun 23, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex92 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.