Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 5:48 PM EDT for Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 42 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
- May 27, 2014, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140 WUUS51 KPHI 272148 SVRPHI MDC011-029-035-272230- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0039.140527T2148Z-140527T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 548 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND... NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND... NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR OLD TOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 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... STARKEY CORNER AND MORGNEC AROUND 555 PM EDT... CHURCH HILL AROUND 600 PM EDT... CRUMPTON AROUND 610 PM EDT... SUDLERSVILLE AND MILLINGTON AROUND 620 PM EDT... 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. 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 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. && LAT...LON 3931 7577 3906 7574 3907 7614 3924 7615 TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 274DEG 20KT 3914 7606 $$ FORECASTER: GORSE
2 follow-up statements
095 WWUS51 KPHI 272205 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 605 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 MDC011-029-035-272230- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140527T2230Z/ KENT MD-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD- 605 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE AND EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTIES... AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHURCH HILL...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BARCLAY...SUDLERSVILLE AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF MILLINGTON BY 615 PM EDT... MARYDEL...TEMPLEVILLE AND HENDERSON BY 630 PM EDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 3908 7609 3926 7605 3931 7577 3906 7574 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 274DEG 20KT 3913 7594 $$ GORSE
455 WWUS51 KPHI 272222 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 622 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 MDC011-029-035-272231- /O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140527T2230Z/ KENT MD-CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD- 622 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S... NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE AND EAST CENTRAL KENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED SOME AND THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN, WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND LIGHTNING WILL STILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 3908 7609 3926 7605 3931 7577 3906 7574 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 274DEG 20KT 3912 7582 $$ GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 36 min |
| May 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 64 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 56 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 52 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.