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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2011Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2011, 7:18 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 3, 2011, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 750 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 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 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.

813 
WUUS51 KPHI 032318
SVRPHI
MDC011-035-041-040015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0138.110703T2318Z-110704T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
718 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EASTON...
  SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 718 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 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF TILGHMAN ISLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TALBOT AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  TILGHMAN ISLAND AROUND 745 PM EDT...
  ST. MICHAELS AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  OXFORD AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  TRAPPE AND HAMBLETON AROUND 815 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 7625 3866 7635 3874 7635 3876 7640
      3887 7626 3882 7620 3883 7620 3894 7624
      3890 7624 3893 7628 3884 7638 3885 7639
      3904 7631 3899 7624 3902 7618 3883 7573
      3871 7583 3867 7595 3856 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 308DEG 20KT 3885 7647

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
265 
WWUS51 KPHI 032353
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
753 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MDC011-035-041-040015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-110704T0015Z/
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
753 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR TALBOT...SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE
COUNTIES...

AT 752 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 ST. MICHAELS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TRAPPE...HAMBLETON AND TANYARD BY 805 PM EDT...
  WINDYHILL BY 810 PM EDT...
  CHOPTANK AND PRESTON BY 815 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3873 7625 3866 7635 3874 7635 3876 7640
      3887 7626 3882 7620 3883 7620 3894 7624
      3890 7624 3893 7628 3884 7638 3885 7639
      3904 7631 3899 7624 3902 7618 3883 7573
      3871 7583 3867 7595 3856 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 307DEG 29KT 3871 7618

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot60 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil54 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.