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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2010, 9:33 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 27 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, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 9:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCamden, DETREE DOWN AT STATE POLICE STATION IN CAMDEN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2010-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 796 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2010-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
796 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

548 
WUUS51 KPHI 230133
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-MDC011-035-230200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0070.100623T0133Z-100623T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DOVER...
  NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  EASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 929 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM SUDLERSVILLE TO GOLDSBORO TO JUMPTOWN...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE TO 14
  MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS THE REMAINS OF A VERY STRONG CLUSTER THAT IS STILL PACKING 
STRONG WEST WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RIDGELY AROUND 940 PM EDT...
  SANDTOWN...HAZLETTVILLE...GREENSBORO AND HARTLY AROUND 945 PM
  EDT...
  CAMDEN AROUND 950 PM EDT...
  CHESWOLD...DOVER SPEEDWAY...WOODSIDE AND VIOLA AROUND 955 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3894 7601 3907 7593 3917 7596 3923 7550
      3922 7541 3907 7540 3893 7538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 266DEG 32KT 3917 7584 3909 7577
          3894 7597

$$
DRAG
1 follow-up statement
056 
WWUS51 KPHI 230149
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
949 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

DEC001-005-MDC011-035-230200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-100623T0200Z/
KENT DE-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SUSSEX DE-
949 PM EDT TUE JUN 22 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SUSSEX...EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S...
NORTHERN CAROLINE AND CENTRAL KENT COUNTIES...

AT 947 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM HARTLY TO WOODSIDE TO RIDGELY...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF DOVER TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER TO
13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESWOLD...WYOMING...WOODSIDE EAST AND VIOLA BY 955 PM EDT...
  RISING SUN...MAGNOLIA...KENT ACRES AND DOVER BY 1000 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3894 7601 3907 7582 3920 7577 3923 7550
      3922 7541 3907 7540 3893 7538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 274DEG 29KT 3915 7566 3906 7559
          3894 7583

$$

DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's30 min
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, 9:39 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.