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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2011Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 6:53 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 38 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 19, 2011, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1090 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
1090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

293 
WUUS51 KPHI 192253
SVRPHI
MDC011-041-192345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0181.110719T2253Z-110719T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
653 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 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...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTON...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTON AROUND 705 PM EDT...
  HAMBLETON AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  TRAPPE AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  TANYARD AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  WINDYHILL AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  WINDYHILL AROUND 735 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3867 7622 3873 7625 3870 7627 3871 7628
      3880 7624 3882 7620 3886 7619 3886 7609
      3883 7574 3867 7577 3869 7586 3867 7595
      3860 7598 3858 7600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 293DEG 13KT 3875 7614

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
037 
WWUS51 KPHI 192331
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
731 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

MDC011-041-192340-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-110719T2345Z/
CAROLINE MD-TALBOT MD-
731 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALBOT AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WARNING NO LONGER POSSES A 
THREAT TO THE AREA.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3867 7622 3873 7625 3870 7627 3871 7628
      3880 7624 3882 7620 3886 7619 3886 7609
      3883 7574 3867 7577 3869 7586 3867 7595
      3860 7598 3858 7600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 293DEG 13KT 3870 7598

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot92 min
Jul 19, 2:29 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot5 days
Jul 19, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot80 min
Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot88 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.