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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 20, 2015Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2015, 9:49 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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 20, 2015, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2015, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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
Jun 20, 10:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPerryville, MDTREE DOWN
Jun 20, 10:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRising Sun, MDTREE DOWN
Jun 20, 10:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEarleville, MDTREE DOWN
Jun 20, 10:33 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGElkton, MDTREE DOWN

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
Jun 20, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2015-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2015-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

882 
WUUS51 KPHI 210149
SVRPHI
MDC015-210245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0051.150621T0149Z-150621T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
949 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 947 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED OVER ABERDEEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELKTON...CALVERT...NORTH EAST...RISING SUN...CHARLESTOWN...
  CECILTON...CAYOTS...BLAKE...PLEASANT HILL...ANDORA...
  RICHARDSMERE...WOODLAWN...HOLLYWOOD BEACH...APPLETON...CHERRY
  HILL...BAY VIEW...OCTORARO...FARMINGTON...BARKSDALE AND CONOWINGO.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7579 3940 7578 3938 7605 3943 7600
      3946 7601 3947 7600 3952 7598 3955 7603
      3955 7608 3965 7616 3967 7620 3971 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 238DEG 35KT 3954 7615 

$$

AMC
1 follow-up statement
118 
WWUS51 KPHI 210215
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1015 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015

MDC015-210245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-150621T0245Z/
CECIL MD-
1015 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR CECIL COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER BAY VIEW...OR 7 MILES WEST OF ELKTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKTON...CALVERT...NORTH EAST...RISING SUN...CHARLESTOWN...
CECILTON...CAYOTS...BLAKE...PLEASANT HILL...ANDORA...RICHARDSMERE...
WOODLAWN...HOLLYWOOD BEACH...APPLETON...CHERRY HILL...BAY VIEW...
OCTORARO...FARMINGTON...BARKSDALE AND CONOWINGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7579 3940 7578 3938 7605 3943 7600
      3946 7601 3947 7600 3952 7598 3955 7603
      3955 7608 3965 7616 3967 7620 3971 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 240DEG 24KT 3963 7595 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 hr
Jun 20, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot55 min
Jun 20, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's63 min
Jun 20, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline46 min
Jun 21, 12:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil4 hr
Jun 21, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's30 min
Jun 21, 5:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr

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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.