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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 19, 2013Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2013, 8:08 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 19, 2013, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
Apr 19, 8:33 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGElkton, MDTREES 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
Apr 19, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2013-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2013-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

057 
WUUS51 KPHI 200008
SVRPHI
MDC015-200100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0010.130420T0008Z-130420T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
808 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 805 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CECILTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLYWOOD BEACH AND CECILTON AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  CAYOTS AND BOHEMIAS MILLS AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  BRANTWOOD AND ELKTON AROUND 845 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND 
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7579 3938 7577 3936 7589 3938 7604
      3940 7605 3944 7600 3946 7602 3952 7599
      3955 7603 3954 7608 3957 7610 3957 7609
      3956 7608 3957 7608 3964 7616 3972 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 220DEG 49KT 3933 7605

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 6:09 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot12 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.