Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2012, 5:42 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 19 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 26, 2012, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 6:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Caroline County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
969
WFUS51 KPHI 262142
TORPHI
MDC011-262215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0002.120826T2142Z-120826T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
542 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GRIFFIN...
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HILLSBORO BY 605 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3884 7593 3886 7592 3888 7595 3894 7595
3892 7586 3883 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 200DEG 8KT 3886 7594
$$
IOVINO1 follow-up statement
719
WWUS51 KPHI 262201
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
601 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
MDC011-262210-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120826T2215Z/
CAROLINE MD-
601 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE CIRCULATION THAT MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO DISSIPATED TO THE
NORTHWEST OF GRIFFIN.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3884 7593 3886 7592 3888 7595 3894 7595
3892 7586 3883 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 200DEG 8KT 3890 7592
$$
IOVINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 117 min |
| Aug 26, 12:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 91 min |
| Aug 26, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 53 min |
| Aug 26, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Talbot | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 15 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.