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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2012Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 9:22 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 8, 2012, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 10:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Henderson, MDA COUPLE OF TREES DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

734 
WUUS51 KPHI 090122
SVRPHI
MDC011-035-041-090215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0087.120709T0122Z-120709T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
922 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 919 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
  STEVENSVILLE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRASONVILLE AROUND 935 PM EDT...
  CENTREVILLE AROUND 1000 PM EDT...
  CENTERVILLE AND WYE MILLS AROUND 1005 PM EDT...
  CARVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SKIPTON AROUND 1010 PM EDT...
  STARR...HOPE...JUMPTOWN AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUEEN ANNE AROUND
  1015 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 3904 7632 3904 7629 3899 7627 3898 7620
      3900 7618 3906 7620 3912 7611 3909 7577
      3882 7585 3892 7622 3894 7624 3892 7625
      3895 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 282DEG 14KT 3903 7627

$$

HAYES
1 follow-up statement
959 
WWUS51 KPHI 090137
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
937 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

MDC011-035-041-090215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-120709T0215Z/
TALBOT MD-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
937 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN QUEEN ANNE'S...NORTHWESTERN CAROLINE AND NORTHEASTERN
TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 936 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR QUEENSTOWN...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  QUEENSTOWN BY 945 PM EDT...
  CENTREVILLE BY 1000 PM EDT...
  CENTERVILLE AND WYE MILLS BY 1005 PM EDT...
  7 MILES NORTH OF SKIPTON BY 1010 PM EDT...
  STARR...CARVILLE...HOPE AND JUMPTOWN BY 1015 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3904 7632 3904 7629 3899 7627 3898 7620
      3900 7618 3906 7620 3912 7611 3909 7577
      3882 7585 3892 7622 3894 7624 3892 7625
      3895 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 282DEG 14KT 3902 7619

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's66 min
Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's62 min
Jul 8, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's25 min
Jul 9, 5:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 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.