Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2016, 5:06 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
- May 23, 2016, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 5:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 23, 5:17 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Centreville, MD | |
| May 23, 5:21 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Centreville, MD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
500
WUUS51 KPHI 232106
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-232215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0040.160523T2106Z-160523T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 506 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOPE...OR NEAR
CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...CENTERVILLE...CENTREVILLE...CHURCH HILL...QUEEN ANNE...STARR...
SKIPTON...WYE MILLS...CARVILLE...HOPE...STARKEY CORNER...GRASONVILLE...
CORDOVA...QUEENSTOWN...HILLSBORO AND DOMINION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 7635 3898 7625 3897 7622 3900 7617
3901 7618 3903 7619 3915 7600 3909 7585
3898 7594 3886 7594 3876 7598 3886 7621
3893 7620 3897 7625 3891 7624 3890 7625
3894 7627 3893 7630 3889 7629 3893 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 027DEG 9KT 3907 7598
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
725
WWUS51 KPHI 232139
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
539 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
MDC035-041-232215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160523T2215Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
539 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN TALBOT AND CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...
AT 539 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STARR...OR NEAR
CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...CENTERVILLE...CENTREVILLE...CHURCH HILL...STARR...CARVILLE...HOPE...
STARKEY CORNER...GRASONVILLE...SKIPTON...WYE MILLS...QUEENSTOWN AND
DOMINION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 7635 3898 7625 3897 7622 3900 7617
3901 7618 3903 7619 3915 7600 3909 7589
3898 7594 3886 7603 3880 7608 3886 7621
3893 7620 3897 7625 3891 7624 3890 7625
3894 7627 3893 7630 3889 7629 3893 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 027DEG 9KT 3900 7603
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$043
WWUS51 KPHI 232153
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
553 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
MDC035-041-232202-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160523T2215Z/
TALBOT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
553 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TALBOT AND CENTRAL
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER, HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 3892 7635 3898 7625 3897 7622 3900 7617
3901 7618 3903 7619 3915 7600 3909 7589
3898 7594 3886 7603 3880 7608 3886 7621
3893 7620 3897 7625 3891 7624 3890 7625
3894 7627 3893 7630 3889 7629 3893 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 027DEG 9KT 3897 7605
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 61 min |
| May 23, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Talbot | 66 min |
| May 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 72 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 31 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.