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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 1, 2013Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 2013, 8:27 AM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 63 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
Nov 1, 2013, 8:27 AM EDT (12:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 2013-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2013-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

089 
WUUS51 KPHI 011227
SVRPHI
DEC003-MDC015-011330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0116.131101T1227Z-131101T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
827 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 821 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE NEAR BEL             
  AIR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WIND IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH   
  THIS LINE. THERE IS LITTLE IF ANY LIGHTNING.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OCTORARO AND CONOWINGO AROUND 835 AM EDT...
  WOODLAWN AND WEST NOTTINGHAM AROUND 840 AM EDT...
  CHARLESTOWN AND BAY VIEW AROUND 845 AM EDT...
  HOLLYWOOD BEACH AND NORTH EAST AROUND 850 AM EDT...
  CAYOTS AND ELKTON AROUND 855 AM EDT...
  BRANTWOOD AND BOHEMIAS MILLS AROUND 900 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LITTLE OR NO LIGHTNING. DO NOT
WAIT TO HEAR THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7550 3962 7560 3959 7559 3963 7557
      3951 7555 3947 7558 3942 7553 3937 7552
      3938 7603 3952 7599 3955 7603 3954 7605
      3955 7608 3972 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1223Z 269DEG 39KT 3952 7629

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 3:14 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHICecil9 hr
Nov 1, 8:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.