Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 8, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Preston, MD | ROOF DAMAGE TO A BUILDING ALONG PAYNE ROAD IN PRESTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
204
WUUS51 KPHI 082030
SVRPHI
MDC011-029-035-041-082130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0216.120908T2030Z-120908T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
430 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS LINE WAS APPROACHING THE WESTERN SHORE
OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE...ROMANCOKE...TILGHMAN ISLAND...
STEVENSVILLE...CHESTER...TALBOT...OVERTON...ST. MICHAELS...
GRASONVILLE...NEWTOWN...COPPERVILLE...OXFORD...LANGFORD...OLD
TOWN...BETTERTON...CHESTERTOWN...WYE MILLS...CENTREVILLE...
EASTON...SKIPTON...HAMBLETON...TRAPPE...STARKEY CORNER...MORGNEC...
KENNEDYVILLE...STARR...CARVILLE...CHURCH HILL...CORDOVA...HOPE...
TANYARD...WINDYHILL...QUEEN ANNE...MATTHEWS...CRUMPTON...
CHOPTANK...JUMPTOWN...GRIFFIN...PRESTON...RIDGELY...OAKLAND...
HARMONY...SUDLERSVILLE...MILLINGTON...MASSEY...SASSAFRAS...
DENTON...GREENSBORO...GOLDSBORO...AGNER...FEDERALSBURG AND
SMITHVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS 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 3872 7631 3866 7634 3877 7640 3887 7625
3881 7621 3882 7620 3894 7624 3884 7638
3886 7638 3904 7632 3899 7627 3900 7618
3914 7629 3932 7619 3938 7612 3938 7577
3864 7570 3869 7590 3857 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 272DEG 41KT 3911 7636
$$
JJM1 follow-up statement
865
WWUS51 KPHI 082058
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
458 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
MDC011-029-035-041-082130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-120908T2130Z/
KENT MD-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
458 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR TALBOT...QUEEN ANNE'S...CAROLINE AND KENT COUNTIES...
AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR
CENTREVILLE...OR 30 MILES WEST OF DOVER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STARKEY
CORNER...SKIPTON...EASTON...CARVILLE...CHURCH HILL...STARR...
HAMBLETON...TRAPPE...HOPE...CRUMPTON...CORDOVA...GALENA...QUEEN
ANNE...HILLSBORO...TANYARD...MATTHEWS...JUMPTOWN...WINDYHILL...
SUDLERSVILLE...BARCLAY...MASSEY...MILLINGTON...SASSAFRAS...GRIFFIN...
CHOPTANK...OAKLAND...RIDGELY...PRESTON...HARMONY...GREENSBORO...
TEMPLEVILLE...DENTON...GOLDSBORO...HENDERSON...MARYDEL...AGNER...
FEDERALSBURG AND SMITHVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3872 7631 3866 7634 3877 7640 3887 7625
3881 7621 3882 7620 3894 7624 3884 7638
3886 7638 3904 7632 3899 7627 3900 7618
3914 7629 3932 7619 3938 7612 3938 7577
3864 7570 3869 7590 3857 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 280DEG 39KT 3907 7605
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 83 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.