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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 2013Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 9:29 AM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 13, 2013, 9:29 AM EDT (13:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 25 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 2013-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 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 2013-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

381 
WUUS51 KPHI 131329
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-MDC015-029-035-131400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0021.130613T1329Z-130613T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
929 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 925 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
  NEWTOWN TO GIBSON ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCK HALL AND LANGFORD AROUND 935 AM EDT...
  CECILTON AND CHESTERTOWN AROUND 940 AM EDT...
  SASSAFRAS AND WARWICK AROUND 945 AM EDT...
  MILLINGTON AND SUDLERSVILLE AROUND 950 AM EDT...
  GREEN SPRING AROUND 955 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CREATE WINDS OF MORE THAN 57 MPH...OR HAIL ONE
INCH OR LARGER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3927 7623 3930 7619 3932 7619 3938 7611
      3938 7606 3943 7601 3943 7555 3912 7574
      3914 7575 3911 7582 3911 7626 3913 7626
      3914 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 267DEG 52KT 3935 7609 3912 7634

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent50 min
Jun 13, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent50 min
Jun 13, 9:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil57 min
Jun 13, 9:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's51 min
Jun 13, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot35 min
Jun 13, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline81 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot68 min
Jun 13, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr
Jun 13, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex41 min
Jun 13, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex65 min
Jun 13, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent54 min
Jun 13, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent63 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle56 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.