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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 274, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 19, 2011Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2011, 5:35 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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: Aug 19, 2011, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cecil County, MD, Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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

Time	Report	Where
Aug 19, 6:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Downingtown, PA
Aug 19, 6:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Downingtown, PA
Aug 19, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Downingtown, PA
Aug 19, 6:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Lionville, PA

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 19, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 370 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.

940 
WUUS51 KPHI 192135
SVRPHI
MDC015-PAC029-192230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0274.110819T2135Z-110819T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PARKESBURG TO
  ROCK SPRINGS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF
  LANCASTER TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHARDSMERE AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  HOMEVILLE...WEST NOTTINGHAM...WOODLAWN AND PARKESBURG AROUND 545 PM
  EDT...
  FARMINGTON...MOUNT VERNON...GLEN ROY AND COCHRANVILLE AROUND 550 PM
  EDT...
  CALVERT AROUND 555 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 7615 3978 7607 3987 7601 3992 7601
      4006 7595 4006 7556 3981 7570 3973 7577
      3972 7579 3967 7578 3961 7582 3963 7616
      3969 7623 3972 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 268DEG 24KT 3999 7599 3976 7618

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	67 min
Aug 18, 8:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	112 min
Aug 18, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	59 min
Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	57 min
Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	57 min
Aug 19, 12:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	58 min
Aug 19, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware	40 min
Aug 19, 1:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	59 min
Aug 19, 4:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	4 hr
Aug 19, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	59 min
Aug 19, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	70 min
Aug 19, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	3 hr
Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	58 min
Aug 19, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	61 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Lehigh, Northampton	2 hr
Aug 19, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	53 min
Aug 19, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Delaware	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	48 min
Aug 19, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	80 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	65 min
Aug 18, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	55 min
Aug 19, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil	45 min
Aug 19, 1:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	61 min
Aug 19, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's	66 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline	63 min
Aug 19, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	5 hr
Aug 19, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	69 min
Aug 19, 6:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline	2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.