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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 22, 2014Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2014, 4:29 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 31 min. 6 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, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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, 4:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Millington, MD	3 INCH DIAMTER BRANCHES DOWN AROUND TOWN.
May 22, 4:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sudlersville, MD	MD 300. LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
May 22, 4:32 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sudlersville, MD	NMRS LIMBS7TREES DOWN... TREETOPS SNAPPED 8-9FT.
May 22, 4:41 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Hartly, DE
May 22, 4:49 PM EDT	TORNADO	Marydel, DE	* 2 INJ * EF1 LENGTH .35 MI... WIDTH .03 MI... EST MAX SPEED 105 MPH AT ITS STRONGEST POINT.
May 22, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Millington, MD	WIRES DOWN AND TREE BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN AROUND MILLINGTON AREA

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

799 
WFUS51 KPHI 222029
TORPHI
DEC001-MDC029-035-222100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0001.140522T2029Z-140522T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
429 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM
  CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR MILLINGTON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLINGTON AND SUDLERSVILLE AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  HARTLY AND CLAYTON AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  CHESWOLD AROUND 500 PM EDT...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

TAKE COVER INSIDE NOW. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. PUT AS
MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS YOU CAN. AVOID WINDOWS.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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 3937 7586 3937 7584 3934 7576 3930 7576
      3930 7565 3925 7554 3908 7570 3911 7575
      3914 7575 3913 7580 3917 7587 3924 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 301DEG 26KT 3927 7587

$$

TFG

1 follow-up statement

851 
WWUS51 KPHI 222101
SVSPHI

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

DEC001-MDC029-035-222111-
/O.EXP.KPHI.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140522T2100Z/
KENT MD-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
501 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...NORTHWESTERN
KENT AND NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE LIKELY TORNADO HAS
MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE INITIAL WARNING. A TORNADO IS STILL LIKELY
FARTHER EAST IN KENT COUNTY.

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 3937 7586 3937 7584 3934 7576 3930 7576
      3930 7565 3925 7554 3908 7570 3911 7575
      3914 7575 3913 7580 3917 7587 3924 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 301DEG 26KT 3927 7587

$$
 
TFG

The 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, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil	61 min
May 22, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Talbot	61 min
May 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	62 min
May 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	53 min
May 22, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent	22 min
May 22, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	64 min
May 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	62 min
May 22, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Maryland, 2014 Tornado Warnings in Delaware, 2014 Every tornado warning in 2014 Tornadoes in 2014

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.