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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 2014Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 9, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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
Jul 9, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2014-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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 2014-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

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

738 
WUUS51 KPHI 092039
SVRPHI
MDC015-029-092200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0110.140709T2039Z-140709T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
439 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR JOPPA...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NORTHEAST...CECILTON...BETTERTON...ZION...WOODLAWN...WEST
  NOTTINGHAM...WARWICK...SASSAFRAS...PLEASANT HILL...NORTH EAST...
  LOMBARD...HOLLYWOOD BEACH...GLEN WESTOVER...FARMINGTON...FAIR
  HILL...ELKTON...CHERRY HILL...CHARLESTOWN...CAYOTS...CALVERT...
  BRANTWOOD...BOHEMIAS MILLS...BLAKE...BAY VIEW...BARKSDALE...
  APPLETON AND ANDORA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE INDOORS TO A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO
SO...REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PROMPTED MULTIPLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF MARYLAND.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND
NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3966 7616 3972 7595 3972 7578 3931 7576
      3935 7614 3938 7611 3938 7606 3943 7601
      3946 7602 3952 7599 3955 7603 3954 7608
      3957 7610 3957 7609 3956 7608 3957 7608
      3964 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 269DEG 27KT 3947 7633

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
679 
WWUS51 KPHI 092116
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
516 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

MDC015-029-092126-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-140709T2200Z/
CECIL MD-KENT MD-
516 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENT AND CECIL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM COLLAPSED AS IT WAS CROSSING THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
AND NO LONGER POSES A SEVERE THREAT.

LAT...LON 3966 7616 3972 7595 3972 7578 3931 7576
      3935 7614 3938 7611 3938 7606 3943 7601
      3946 7602 3952 7599 3955 7603 3954 7608
      3957 7610 3957 7609 3956 7608 3957 7608
      3964 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 269DEG 27KT 3947 7596

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot89 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.