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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2016Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1292 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

ROBERTSON
1 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

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline83 min
Jun 21, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's53 min
Jun 21, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot67 min
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's58 min
Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's54 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot65 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot54 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot53 min
Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot54 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's40 min

Nearby

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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.