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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 28, 2013Caroline County, Maryland; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2013, 6:09 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 96 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 28, 2013, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 28, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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.

520 
WUUS51 KPHI 282209
SVRPHI
DEC005-MDC011-282345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0059.130628T2209Z-130628T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
609 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR ELDORADO...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO ONE INCH DIAMETER
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SEAFORD AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  SEAFORD AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  LAUREL AROUND 640 PM EDT...
  DELMAR AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  SYCAMORE AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  GEORGETOWN AROUND 700 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. 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 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3846 7569 3863 7571 3868 7576 3867 7579
      3869 7581 3870 7587 3875 7585 3867 7512
      3865 7511 3864 7510 3866 7507 3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 280DEG 21KT 3860 7581

$$

MEOLA
1 follow-up statement
844 
WWUS51 KPHI 282235
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

DEC005-MDC011-282245-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-130628T2345Z/
CAROLINE MD-SUSSEX DE-
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SUSSEX AND
SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3846 7569 3863 7571 3868 7576 3867 7579
      3869 7581 3870 7587 3875 7585 3867 7512
      3865 7511 3864 7510 3866 7507 3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 280DEG 21KT 3857 7561

$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil41 min
Jun 28, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil55 min
Jun 28, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICecil33 min
Jun 28, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot73 min
Jun 28, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil55 min
Jun 28, 5:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil11 hr
Jun 28, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot46 min
Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle117 min
Jun 28, 6:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle9 hr
Jun 28, 6:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.