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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 16, 2016Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2016, 5:37 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2016, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 16, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2016-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 364 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 2016-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

352 
WUUS51 KPHI 162137
SVRPHI
MDC015-162215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0183.160816T2137Z-160816T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
537 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 536 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  WOODLAWN...OR NEAR HAVRE DE GRACE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7623 3972 7579 3940 7578 3938 7605
      3942 7600 3952 7598 3955 7603 3955 7608
      3959 7611 3964 7616 3965 7616 3966 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 254DEG 36KT 3959 7607 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
244 
WWUS51 KPHI 162202
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

MDC015-162215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-160816T2215Z/
CECIL MD-
602 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL CECIL COUNTY...

AT 601 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAVRE DE
GRACE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALVERT...NORTH EAST...RISING SUN...CHARLESTOWN...ROCK SPRINGS...
PLEASANT HILL...BLAKE...ANDORA...FARMINGTON...RICHARDSMERE...
CONOWINGO...WEST NOTTINGHAM...FAIR HILL...WOODLAWN...
HOLLYWOOD BEACH...CHERRY HILL...BAY VIEW...LOMBARD...
OCTORARO AND ZION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3972 7623 3972 7584 3949 7589 3944 7600
      3952 7598 3955 7603 3955 7608 3959 7611
      3964 7616 3965 7616 3966 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 235DEG 32KT 3956 7608 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot39 min
Aug 15, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline53 min
Aug 15, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's61 min
Aug 16, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil52 min
Aug 16, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil29 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.