Alert archive / Maryland / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 21, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
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 18:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
859
WFUS51 KPHI 211832
TORPHI
MDC029-035-041-211900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0001.160621T1832Z-160621T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
232 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 231 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GIBSON ISLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCK HALL AROUND 235 PM EDT. STEVENSVILLE AROUND 240 PM EDT.
OVERTON AROUND 245 PM EDT. GRASONVILLE AROUND 250 PM EDT.
CENTREVILLE AROUND 255 PM EDT. CENTERVILLE...WYE
MILLS...STARR...CARVILLE...SKIPTON AND HOPE AROUND 300 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
QUEENSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3903 7631 3904 7631 3898 7628 3897 7622
3900 7617 3903 7624 3909 7623 3915 7627
3905 7592 3880 7610 3890 7621 3894 7621
3896 7625 3894 7625 3901 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 301DEG 31KT 3911 7634
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ROBERTSON1 follow-up statement
926
WWUS51 KPHI 211846
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
246 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
MDC029-035-041-211900-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160621T1900Z/
KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
246 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KENT...CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTH CENTRAL TALBOT
COUNTIES...
AT 245 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OVERTON...OR NEAR CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CENTERVILLE...CENTREVILLE...WYE MILLS AND CARVILLE AROUND 255 PM
EDT.
STARR...HOPE AND SKIPTON AROUND 300 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
QUEENSTOWN.
LAT...LON 3910 7620 3909 7619 3912 7617 3911 7616
3910 7617 3911 7613 3910 7608 3905 7592
3885 7607 3897 7620 3900 7617 3903 7621
3909 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 298DEG 35KT 3905 7618
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ROBERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 83 min |
| Jun 21, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 40 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.