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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 2010Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2010, 5:18 PM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 87 min. 3 reports 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 24, 2010, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2010, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
87 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, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 5:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFarmington, DETREES DOWN IN FARMINTON
Jun 24, 5:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHarrington, DETREES DOWN IN HARRINGTON
Jun 24, 6:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGeorgetown, DETREES DOWN IN GEORGETOWN

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

496 
WUUS51 KPHI 242118
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-MDC011-035-041-242245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0083.100624T2118Z-100624T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 516 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
  RIDGELY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DENTON AND GREENSBORO AROUND 525 PM EDT...
  ANDREWSVILLE AND HARRINGTON AROUND 545 PM EDT...
  ELLENDALE AROUND 605 PM EDT...
  MILTON AROUND 615 PM EDT...
  LEWES AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  REHOBOTH BEACH AROUND 640 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3846 7570 3865 7572 3870 7583 3867 7595
      3895 7619 3906 7537 3903 7533 3893 7530
      3883 7521 3879 7513 3880 7508 3846 7504
      3845 7517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 287DEG 29KT 3893 7588

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle64 min
Jun 24, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle61 min
Jun 24, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle57 min
Jun 24, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent59 min
Jun 24, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex67 min
Jun 24, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex50 min
Jun 24, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's58 min
Jun 24, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot55 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.