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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 15, 2012Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2012, 6:55 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 15, 2012, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2012, 7:44 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2012-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 2012-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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.

930 
WUUS51 KPHI 152255
SVRPHI
MDC011-041-160000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0197.120815T2255Z-120816T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
655 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  EASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 652 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 NEAR
  EASTON...OR 40 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EASTON AROUND 705 PM EDT...
  HAMBLETON AROUND 710 PM EDT...
  MATTHEWS AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  TANYARD AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  WINDYHILL AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  CHOPTANK AROUND 730 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3877 7621 3888 7612 3880 7572 3870 7571
      3867 7574 3868 7576 3867 7580 3870 7581
      3870 7584 3869 7590 3867 7595 3865 7595
      3863 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 296DEG 16KT 3879 7611

$$

HEAVENER
1 follow-up statement
973 
WWUS51 KPHI 152344
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
744 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

MDC011-041-152354-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-120816T0000Z/
TALBOT MD-CAROLINE MD-
744 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

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

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 3877 7621 3888 7612 3880 7572 3870 7571
      3867 7574 3868 7576 3867 7580 3870 7581
      3870 7584 3869 7590 3867 7595 3865 7595
      3863 7597
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 296DEG 16KT 3869 7586

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent53 min
Aug 14, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil95 min
Aug 15, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot35 min

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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.