Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2016, 8:37 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 68 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
- May 2, 2016, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Doncaster, MD | LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF ST MICHAELS RD AND DONCASTER RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
744
WUUS51 KPHI 030037
SVRPHI
MDC011-035-041-030145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0035.160503T0037Z-160503T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
837 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 835 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESAPEAKE
BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...TALBOT...DENTON...FEDERALSBURG...GREENSBORO...OAKLAND...RIDGELY...
TRAPPE...ST. MICHAELS...PRESTON...OXFORD...GOLDSBORO...QUEEN ANNE...
CHOPTANK...STARR...HARMONY...AGNER...WINDYHILL...CORDOVA AND JUMPTOWN.
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 3883 7630 3884 7637 3892 7636 3893 7632
3878 7621 3894 7621 3893 7631 3904 7575
3865 7571 3870 7590 3857 7604 3868 7621
3876 7622 3872 7630 3878 7629 3867 7634
3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 254DEG 17KT 3869 7646
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NIERENBERG2 follow-up statements
712
WWUS51 KPHI 030121
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
921 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
MDC011-035-041-030145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160503T0145Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-CAROLINE MD-
921 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR TALBOT...SOUTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...
AT 920 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. MICHAELS...
OR 7 MILES WEST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...TALBOT...DENTON...FEDERALSBURG...GREENSBORO...OAKLAND...RIDGELY...
TRAPPE...ST. MICHAELS...PRESTON...OXFORD...GOLDSBORO...QUEEN ANNE...
CHOPTANK...STARR...HARMONY...AGNER...WINDYHILL...CORDOVA AND JUMPTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 7630 3886 7628 3887 7627 3878 7621
3894 7621 3904 7575 3868 7571 3870 7590
3864 7605 3868 7621 3876 7622 3874 7628
3878 7629 3874 7632 3878 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 254DEG 17KT 3875 7620
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NIERENBERG274
WWUS51 KPHI 030138
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
938 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
MDC011-035-041-030148-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160503T0145Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-CAROLINE MD-
938 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALBOT...SOUTH CENTRAL QUEEN
ANNE'S AND CAROLINE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3883 7630 3886 7628 3887 7627 3878 7621
3894 7621 3904 7575 3868 7571 3870 7590
3864 7605 3868 7621 3876 7622 3874 7628
3878 7629 3874 7632 3878 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 254DEG 17KT 3875 7620
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 77 min |
| May 2, 9:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline | 60 min |
| May 2, 10:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 6 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.