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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 1, 2015Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2015, 5:35 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 70 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
Jun 1, 2015, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
70 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 1, 6:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCrumpton, MDSOME TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR DATA.
Jun 1, 6:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMassey, MDTREE DOWN ONTO A FENCE IN MASSEY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

676 
WUUS51 KPHI 012135
SVRPHI
MDC015-029-035-012245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0029.150601T2135Z-150601T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
535 PM EDT MON JUN 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHEASTERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 534 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR BETTERTON TO NEAR MILLERS ISLAND TO SHADY
  SIDE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELKTON...CENTERVILLE...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...ROCK HALL...
  CHURCH HILL...CECILTON...MILLINGTON...SUDLERSVILLE...BETTERTON...
  OLD TOWN...CAYOTS...KENNEDYVILLE...HOLLYWOOD BEACH...HOPE...
  MASSEY...GRASONVILLE...MORGNEC...SASSAFRAS AND STEVENSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3904 7631 3898 7628 3900 7617 3903 7624
      3915 7628 3932 7618 3942 7600 3951 7598
      3962 7583 3916 7575 3892 7619 3897 7625
      3891 7624 3892 7625 3894 7628 3889 7629
      3891 7630 3896 7631 3884 7637 3885 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 224DEG 36KT 3938 7617 3921 7637 3884 7650 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent3 hr
Jun 1, 4:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot26 hr
Jun 1, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's6 hr
Jun 1, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil3 hr
Jun 1, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's37 min
Jun 1, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline111 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.