Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 4:59 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 61 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
- May 22, 2014, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | Tilghman Island, MD | |
| May 22, 5:20 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 67 | 10 Ene Plum Point, MD | 58-KNOT WIND GUST MEASURED AT BLACKWALNUT HARBOR BUOY. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688
WUUS51 KPHI 222059
SVRPHI
MDC041-222200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0029.140522T2059Z-140522T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
459 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR SHADY SIDE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH
DIAMETER HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TALBOT AROUND 505 PM EDT...
TILGHMAN ISLAND AND ST. MICHAELS AROUND 510 PM EDT...
OXFORD AROUND 520 PM EDT...
HAMBLETON AROUND 525 PM EDT...
TRAPPE AROUND 530 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.
FREQUENT 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 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 3878 7637 3876 7636 3884 7629 3867 7598
3859 7607 3859 7612 3864 7618 3866 7617
3868 7623 3873 7626 3870 7627 3871 7631
3868 7631 3867 7635 3874 7635 3876 7639
3877 7639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 319DEG 39KT 3880 7647
$$
TFG1 follow-up statement
959
WWUS51 KPHI 222131
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
MDC041-222141-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140522T2200Z/
TALBOT MD-
531 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3878 7637 3876 7636 3884 7629 3867 7598
3859 7607 3859 7612 3864 7618 3866 7617
3868 7623 3873 7626 3870 7627 3871 7631
3868 7631 3867 7635 3874 7635 3876 7639
3877 7639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 319DEG 39KT 3854 7618
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 67 min |
| May 22, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 56 min |
| May 22, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 31 min |
| May 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 61 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.