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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 22, 2014Talbot County, Maryland

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 5:10 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 67Tilghman Island, MD
May 22, 5:20 PM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 6710 Ene Plum Point, MD58-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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

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.

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

$$

TFG
1 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

$$

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, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil61 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.