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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 25, 2017Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2017, 5:48 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 42 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
May 25, 2017, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties 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 21:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2017-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

651 
WUUS51 KPHI 252148
SVRPHI
MDC035-041-252230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0031.170525T2148Z-170525T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
548 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Talbot County in eastern Maryland...
  Southwestern Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...

* Until 630 PM EDT

* At 548 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Taylors
  Island, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Easton, St. Michaels, Oxford, Grasonville, Tilghman Island, Starr,
  Stevensville, Skipton, Copperville, Chester, Wye Mills, Cordova,
  Queenstown, Stevensville South and Dominion.

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 3881 7620 3897 7625 3890 7629 3893 7631
      3896 7631 3884 7637 3885 7638 3903 7631
      3897 7622 3901 7618 3897 7594 3863 7613
      3876 7622 3871 7628 3878 7629 3876 7632
      3867 7634 3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 205DEG 27KT 3854 7635 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRK
1 follow-up statement
225 
WWUS51 KPHI 252214
SVSPHI

(

        WWUS51 KPHI 000000 
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
614 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2017

MDC035-041-252230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-170525T2230Z/
Talbot MD-Queen Anne's MD-
614 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TALBOT AND SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

At 614 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Kent Point to near University Of Maryland Center
For Environmental Studies, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Easton, St. Michaels, Oxford, Grasonville, Tilghman Island, Starr,
Stevensville, Skipton, Copperville, Chester, Wye Mills, Cordova,
Queenstown, Stevensville South and Dominion.

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 these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3881 7620 3897 7625 3890 7629 3893 7631
      3896 7631 3884 7637 3885 7638 3903 7631
      3897 7622 3901 7618 3897 7594 3863 7613
      3876 7622 3871 7628 3878 7629 3876 7632
      3867 7634 3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 204DEG 26KT 3878 7641 3862 7613 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot49 min
May 25, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's51 min
May 25, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent49 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.