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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 22, 2014Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 4:44 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 61 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
May 22, 2014, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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
May 22, 5:10 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Perryville, MD

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
May 22, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

153 
WUUS51 KPHI 222044
SVRPHI
MDC015-222145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0027.140522T2044Z-140522T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
444 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR WAKEFIELD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONOWINGO AND ROCK SPRINGS AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  CONOWINGO AND RICHARDSMERE AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  WEST NOTTINGHAM AND RISING SUN AROUND 500 PM EDT...
  WOODLAWN AND FARMINGTON AROUND 505 PM EDT...
  ZION AROUND 510 PM EDT...
  BAY VIEW AND PLEASANT HILL AROUND 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7599 3961 7578 3957 7578 3942 7595
      3946 7601 3952 7599 3955 7603 3954 7608
      3957 7610 3957 7609 3956 7608 3957 7608
      3964 7616 3966 7616 3972 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 310DEG 24KT 3972 7621

$$

TFG
2 follow-up statements
804 
WWUS51 KPHI 222113
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
513 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

MDC015-222145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140522T2145Z/
CECIL MD-
513 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CECIL COUNTY...

AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PERRYVILLE...OR NEAR NORTHEAST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLYWOOD BEACH AND BRANTWOOD AROUND 525 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE 
INJURY AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3964 7596 3959 7581 3957 7578 3942 7595
      3946 7601 3952 7599 3955 7603 3954 7607
      3956 7610 3957 7610 3957 7609 3956 7608
      3960 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 313DEG 27KT 3956 7599

$$

TFG
486 
WWUS51 KPHI 222135
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
535 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

MDC015-222142-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140522T2145Z/
CECIL MD-
535 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CECIL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3964 7596 3959 7581 3957 7578 3942 7595
      3946 7601 3952 7599 3955 7603 3954 7607
      3956 7610 3957 7610 3957 7609 3956 7608
      3960 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 313DEG 27KT 3946 7586

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot67 min
May 22, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's56 min
May 22, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's31 min
May 22, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot61 min

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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.