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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2012Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2012, 3:01 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 14, 2012, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2012, 3:39 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 3:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Townsend, DE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1166 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 2012-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
1166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

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

730 
WUUS51 KPHI 141901
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-MDC015-029-035-142015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0192.120814T1901Z-120814T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
301 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELANEY CORNER...OR 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DELANEY CORNER AND MASSEY AROUND 305 PM EDT...
  GREEN SPRING AROUND 320 PM EDT...
  SASSAFRAS AROUND 325 PM EDT...
  WARWICK AROUND 335 PM EDT...
  MIDDLETOWN AND BOHEMIAS MILLS AROUND 350 PM EDT...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AROUND 410 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY 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 3955 7580 3949 7557 3946 7558 3942 7553
      3940 7552 3916 7569 3922 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 200DEG 12KT 3928 7576

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
838 
WWUS51 KPHI 141939
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

DEC001-003-MDC015-029-035-141948-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-120814T2015Z/
NEW CASTLE DE-CECIL MD-KENT MD-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
339 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...
NORTHWESTERN KENT...NORTHEASTERN KENT...SOUTHEASTERN CECIL AND
SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS LOST IT'S INTENSITY. IT IS NO LONGER 
SEVERE. THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3955 7580 3949 7557 3946 7558 3942 7553
      3940 7552 3916 7569 3922 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 200DEG 12KT 3940 7570

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent63 min
Aug 14, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil84 min
Aug 14, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's58 min
Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's2 hr
Aug 14, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle38 min
Aug 14, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex56 min
Aug 14, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent79 min
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle53 min
Aug 14, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent66 min
Aug 14, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.