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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 1, 2016Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2016, 5:43 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2016, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2016-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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 2016-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
230 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

632 
WUUS51 KPHI 012143
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-012245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0164.160801T2143Z-160801T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
543 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 542 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STEVENSVILLE...
  OR NEAR SEVERN RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTON...TALBOT...ST. MICHAELS...CHESTER...STEVENSVILLE...
  COPPERVILLE...GRASONVILLE...STEVENSVILLE SOUTH AND DOMINION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3904 7631 3884 7601 3871 7624 3874 7621
      3876 7622 3872 7630 3878 7629 3872 7633
      3886 7626 3879 7620 3879 7619 3897 7625
      3890 7625 3894 7627 3895 7631 3884 7637
      3885 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 325DEG 14KT 3899 7635 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NIERENBERG
2 follow-up statements
538 
WWUS51 KPHI 012215
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
615 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

MDC035-041-012245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-160801T2245Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
615 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TALBOT AND SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 614 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROMANCOKE...OR
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...TALBOT...ST. MICHAELS...CHESTER...STEVENSVILLE...COPPERVILLE...
GRASONVILLE AND DOMINION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3904 7631 3884 7601 3871 7624 3874 7621
      3876 7622 3872 7630 3878 7629 3872 7633
      3886 7626 3879 7620 3879 7619 3897 7625
      3890 7625 3894 7627 3895 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 325DEG 14KT 3889 7626 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
386 
WWUS51 KPHI 012228
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

MDC035-041-012245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-160801T2245Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
628 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TALBOT AND SOUTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 628 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COPPERVILLE...OR
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...ST. MICHAELS AND COPPERVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 7601 3871 7624 3874 7621 3876 7622
      3878 7629 3884 7624 3879 7620 3879 7619
      3886 7621 3889 7619 3894 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 325DEG 14KT 3884 7622 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil94 min
Aug 1, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil87 min
Aug 1, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.