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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 20154 counties in Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2015, 7:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 52 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 9, 2015, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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
Jul 9, 7:49 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCentreville, MDTREES 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
Jul 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2015-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2015-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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.

625 
WUUS51 KPHI 092338
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-MDC011-029-035-041-100030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0093.150709T2338Z-150710T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
738 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 737 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
  STARKEY CORNER TO OVERTON TO NEAR SHADY SIDE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTON...CENTERVILLE...SMYRNA...CHESTERTOWN...DENTON...
  CENTREVILLE...CLAYTON...GREENSBORO...OAKLAND...RIDGELY...
  CHESWOLD...ROCK HALL...ST. MICHAELS...CHURCH HILL...OXFORD...
  MILLINGTON...SUDLERSVILLE...GOLDSBORO...QUEEN ANNE AND HARTLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...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 3884 7626 3878 7621 3879 7619 3894 7621
      3894 7624 3896 7625 3894 7625 3898 7628
      3897 7622 3900 7617 3917 7628 3931 7617
      3931 7549 3886 7582 3868 7604 3870 7623
      3876 7622 3871 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 267DEG 43KT 3915 7605 3904 7621 3880 7654 

$$

GORSE/FRANCK
1 follow-up statement
880 
WWUS51 KPHI 100006
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
806 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2015

DEC001-003-MDC011-029-035-041-100030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-150710T0030Z/
NEW CASTLE DE-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-CAROLINE MD-KENT MD-TALBOT MD-
806 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW CASTLE...NORTHWESTERN KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S...
CENTRAL CAROLINE...SOUTHWESTERN KENT AND TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 805 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
HAZLETTVILLE TO GOLDSBORO TO NEAR COPPERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...CENTERVILLE...SMYRNA...CHESTERTOWN...DENTON...CENTREVILLE...
CLAYTON...GREENSBORO...OAKLAND...RIDGELY...CHESWOLD...ROCK HALL...ST.
MICHAELS...CHURCH HILL...OXFORD...MILLINGTON...SUDLERSVILLE...
GOLDSBORO...QUEEN ANNE AND HARTLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...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 3884 7626 3878 7621 3879 7619 3894 7621
      3894 7624 3896 7625 3894 7625 3898 7628
      3897 7622 3900 7617 3917 7628 3931 7617
      3931 7549 3886 7582 3868 7604 3870 7623
      3876 7622 3871 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 267DEG 43KT 3917 7564 3906 7580 3882 7613 

$$

GORSE/FRANCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil30 min
Jul 8, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil32 min
Jul 9, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil40 min
Jul 9, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent46 min
Jul 9, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.