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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2011Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 54 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 12, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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
Jun 12, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 360 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

872 
WUUS51 KPHI 121951
SVRPHI
MDC015-122045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0108.110612T1951Z-110612T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
351 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 347 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 14
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCK SPRINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK SPRINGS AROUND 415 PM EDT...
  OCTORARO...CONOWINGO AND RICHARDSMERE AROUND 420 PM EDT...
  WOODLAWN AROUND 430 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND PARTS OF 
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7623 3972 7612 3943 7578 3939 7577
      3937 7584 3938 7604 3941 7605 3945 7600
      3946 7602 3953 7599 3955 7603 3954 7607
      3956 7610 3972 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 322DEG 26KT 3981 7638

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
591 
WWUS51 KPHI 122014
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
414 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011

MDC015-122045-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0108.000000T0000Z-110612T2045Z/
CECIL MD-
414 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR CECIL COUNTY...

AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CONOWINGO...OR 24 MILES WEST OF ELKTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OCTORARO...CONOWINGO AND RICHARDSMERE BY 420 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST NOTTINGHAM BY 425 PM EDT...
  PORT DEPOSIT AND WOODLAWN BY 430 PM EDT...
  PERRYVILLE BY 435 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTOWN BY 440 PM EDT...
  8 MILES WEST OF HOLLYWOOD BEACH BY 445 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7623 3972 7612 3943 7578 3939 7577
      3937 7584 3938 7604 3941 7605 3945 7600
      3946 7602 3953 7599 3955 7603 3954 7607
      3956 7610 3972 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 322DEG 26KT 3968 7625

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil3 hr
Jun 11, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil61 min
Jun 11, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil68 min
Jun 12, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil55 min
Jun 12, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's65 min
Jun 12, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's52 min
Jun 12, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot65 min
Jun 12, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot55 min

Nearby

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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.