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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 20134 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 4:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 68 min. 2 reports 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, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 4:49 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 68Stevensville, MD
Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCloverfields, MDKENT ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE AND FENCE DAMAGE

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, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.

813 
WUUS51 KPHI 132037
SVRPHI
MDC011-029-035-041-132145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0026.130613T2037Z-130613T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR ANNAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT
  55 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
  AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STEVENSVILLE AND CHESTER AROUND 445 PM EDT...
  GRASONVILLE AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  OVERTON AND GRASONVILLE AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  CENTREVILLE AND OLD TOWN AROUND 500 PM EDT...
  CARVILLE AND STARKEY CORNER AROUND 505 PM EDT...
  HOPE AND CHURCH HILL AROUND 510 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE 
ACROSS MARYLAND. DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3904 7632 3905 7631 3899 7627 3900 7618
      3902 7624 3914 7629 3932 7619 3938 7612
      3938 7577 3885 7573 3882 7620 3885 7621
      3882 7631 3883 7631 3886 7626 3885 7623
      3893 7623 3894 7624 3890 7624 3883 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 261DEG 46KT 3901 7649

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
275 
WWUS51 KPHI 132134
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
534 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

MDC011-029-035-041-132141-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130613T2145Z/
KENT MD-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
534 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TALBOT...QUEEN
ANNE'S...NORTHERN CAROLINE AND KENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

LAT...LON 3904 7632 3905 7631 3899 7627 3900 7618
      3902 7624 3914 7629 3932 7619 3938 7612
      3938 7577 3885 7573 3882 7620 3885 7621
      3882 7631 3883 7631 3886 7626 3885 7623
      3893 7623 3894 7624 3890 7624 3883 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 261DEG 46KT 3912 7559

$$

NIERENBERG

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, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot35 min
Jun 13, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline81 min
Jun 13, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.