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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 2013Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 9:55 AM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 13, 2013, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 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
Jun 13, 10:15 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGMagnolia, DETREES DOWN OVER WIRES...SIMILAR DAMAGE IN SMYRNA AND HARTLY IN KENT COUNTY... DE.

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
Jun 13, 7:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.

205 
WUUS51 KPHI 131355
SVRPHI
DEC001-005-MDC011-035-041-131430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0022.130613T1355Z-130613T1430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
  CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 950 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
  CENTREVILLE TO GRASONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
  ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  QUEEN ANNE AND OAKLAND AROUND 1000 AM EDT...
  GOLDSBORO AND RIDGELY AROUND 1005 AM EDT...
  SANDTOWN AND DENTON AROUND 1010 AM EDT...
  VIOLA AND WOODSIDE AROUND 1015 AM EDT...
  HARRINGTON AND ANDREWSVILLE AROUND 1020 AM EDT...
  BOWERS AND MILFORD AROUND 1025 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...MOVE INDOORS!
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 3887 7622 3888 7621 3893 7622 3912 7606
      3907 7539 3878 7523 3885 7622 3887 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1355Z 275DEG 53KT 3905 7595 3889 7610

$$

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, 9:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's31 min
Jun 13, 9:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's51 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

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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.