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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 17, 2016Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2016, 9:52 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 17, 2016, 9:52 PM EDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kent County, MD, 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 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
Aug 17, 10:00 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 43Stevensville, MD
Aug 17, 10:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRock Hall, MDLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 17, 10:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCentreville, MDSOME TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 17, 10:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGChurch Hill, MDSOME TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

366 
WUUS51 KPHI 180152
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-041-180230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0184.160818T0152Z-160818T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
952 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTH CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 951 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CROFTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. DAMAGING WINDS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
           WASHINGTON DC AREA WITH THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVILLE...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...ROCK HALL...
  CHURCH HILL...QUEEN ANNE...OLD TOWN...KENNEDYVILLE...STARR...
  HOPE...GRASONVILLE...CORDOVA...MORGNEC...STEVENSVILLE...SKIPTON...
  WYE MILLS...CHESTER...CARVILLE...OVERTON AND LANGFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IN ADDITION TO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 7631 3904 7631 3898 7628 3900 7617
      3901 7621 3915 7628 3926 7622 3933 7595
      3884 7593 3883 7628 3886 7620 3897 7625
      3892 7624 3891 7624 3890 7625 3894 7627
      3895 7631 3884 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 261DEG 45KT 3899 7663 

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

GORSE
1 follow-up statement
143 
WWUS51 KPHI 180208
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1008 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

MDC029-035-041-180230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-160818T0230Z/
KENT MD-TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
1008 PM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR KENT...NORTH CENTRAL TALBOT AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 1007 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OVERTON...OR
8 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED ON THE
         WESTERN SIDE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTERVILLE...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...ROCK HALL...CHURCH HILL...
QUEEN ANNE...OLD TOWN...KENNEDYVILLE...STARR...HOPE...GRASONVILLE...
CORDOVA...MORGNEC...STEVENSVILLE...SKIPTON...WYE MILLS...CHESTER...
CARVILLE...OVERTON AND LANGFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

IN ADDITION TO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 7631 3904 7631 3898 7628 3900 7617
      3901 7621 3915 7628 3926 7622 3933 7595
      3884 7593 3883 7628 3886 7620 3897 7625
      3892 7624 3891 7624 3890 7625 3894 7627
      3895 7631 3884 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 255DEG 41KT 3906 7621 

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

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot50 min
Aug 17, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot61 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.