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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 2017Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 22, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2017, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 22, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 48Easton, MD
Jul 22, 3:43 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEaston, MDTREE 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

787 
WUUS51 KPHI 221903
SVRPHI
MDC011-035-041-221945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0113.170722T1903Z-170722T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
303 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2017

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...
  Southwestern Caroline County in eastern Maryland...

* Until 345 PM EDT

* At 302 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South River,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Easton, Talbot, Denton, Romancoke, Federalsburg, Ridgely, Trappe,
  St. Michaels, Preston, Oxford, Queen Anne, Grasonville,
  Copperville, Agner, Choptank, Windyhill, Tanyard, Harmony, Tilghman
  Island and Stevensville.

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 3886 7626 3886 7625 3879 7620 3879 7619
      3894 7621 3897 7625 3891 7624 3893 7625
      3894 7627 3884 7637 3902 7632 3893 7582
      3868 7577 3868 7593 3857 7604 3876 7630
      3867 7634 3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 283DEG 40KT 3888 7649 

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

JRK
1 follow-up statement
208 
WWUS51 KPHI 221928
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
328 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2017

MDC011-035-041-221945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-170722T1945Z/
Talbot MD-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-
328 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR TALBOT...SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S AND SOUTHWESTERN CAROLINE
COUNTIES...

At 326 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Talbot, or 12
miles northwest of Easton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar and public indicated. This storm has a history of 
         producing wind damage in central Maryland. At 3 PM, a 58 
         mph wind gust was reported on the western side of the 
         Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis.  

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Talbot, Denton, Romancoke, Federalsburg, Trappe, St.
Michaels, Preston, Oxford, Queen Anne, Grasonville, Copperville,
Agner, Choptank, Windyhill, Tanyard, Harmony, Tilghman Island,
Skipton and Chester.

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 3899 7633 3889 7581 3868 7577 3868 7593
      3857 7604 3876 7630 3867 7634 3876 7638
      3886 7626 3886 7625 3879 7620 3879 7619
      3894 7621 3896 7625 3891 7624 3893 7625
      3894 7627 3884 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 288DEG 25KT 3884 7628 

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

JRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot52 min
Jul 22, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWicomico30 min
Jul 22, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot76 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.