Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 7:03 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 72 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
- Jul 8, 2014, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | Stevensville Airport, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625
WUUS51 KPHI 082303
SVRPHI
MDC015-029-035-090015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0096.140708T2303Z-140709T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
703 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM
NORRISVILLE TO CARNEY TO CAPE ARTHUR...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ROCK SPRINGS AND RICHARDSMERE AROUND 740 PM EDT...
WOODLAWN AND WEST NOTTINGHAM AROUND 745 PM EDT...
GRASONVILLE AND BETTERTON AROUND 750 PM EDT...
NORTHEAST AND CHESTERTOWN AROUND 755 PM EDT...
CENTREVILLE AND CENTERVILLE AROUND 800 PM EDT...
CHURCH HILL AND WARWICK AROUND 805 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND
DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF MARYLAND. DO NOT STAY OUTDOORS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 7632 3897 7622 3900 7617 3903 7625
3914 7629 3926 7623 3944 7600 3952 7599
3954 7608 3972 7623 3972 7579 3914 7575
3910 7584 3892 7595 3894 7610 3888 7610
3885 7620 3895 7625 3890 7624 3883 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 268DEG 46KT 3972 7674 3942 7683
3908 7702
$$
FORECASTER: AMC1 follow-up statement
076
WWUS51 KPHI 090011
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
811 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
MDC015-029-035-090015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-140709T0015Z/
CECIL MD-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
811 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR QUEEN ANNE'S...KENT AND CECIL COUNTIES...
AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ELKTON TO MASSEY TO STARR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEWARK TO 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE TO CENTERVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BARCLAY...SUDLERSVILLE AND QUEEN ANNE BY 815 PM EDT...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
LAT...LON 3904 7632 3897 7622 3900 7617 3903 7625
3914 7629 3926 7623 3944 7600 3952 7599
3954 7608 3972 7623 3972 7579 3914 7575
3910 7584 3892 7595 3894 7610 3888 7610
3885 7620 3895 7625 3890 7624 3883 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 264DEG 41KT 3961 7575 3931 7584
3897 7603
$$
AMCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 70 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.