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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 15, 2012Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2012, 7:16 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 35 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 15, 2012, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2012, 7:51 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 15, 7:23 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Kent Island Estates, MD

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.

046 
WUUS51 KPHI 152316
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-160015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0199.120815T2316Z-120816T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 711 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
  ROMANCOKE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALTIMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROMANCOKE AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  ROMANCOKE AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  TALBOT AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF ST. MICHAELS AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  COPPERVILLE AROUND 815 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 3898 7635 3892 7609 3877 7621 3879 7633
      3883 7632 3887 7626 3881 7621 3882 7620
      3893 7623 3894 7624 3890 7625 3892 7628
      3889 7627 3890 7632 3886 7632 3883 7637
      3884 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 281DEG 9KT 3890 7637

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
853 
WWUS51 KPHI 152351
SVSPHI

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

MDC035-041-160002-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-120816T0015Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
751 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S AND
NORTHWESTERN 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 3898 7635 3892 7609 3877 7621 3879 7633
      3883 7632 3887 7626 3881 7621 3882 7620
      3893 7623 3894 7624 3890 7625 3892 7628
      3889 7627 3890 7632 3886 7632 3883 7637
      3884 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 281DEG 9KT 3888 7626

$$

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, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.