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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 374, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 20, 2019Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 21 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
Aug 20, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2019, 4:21 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.0 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 2019-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 672 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 2019-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

161 
WUUS51 KPHI 202000
SVRPHI
MDC011-035-041-202045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0374.190820T2000Z-190820T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
400 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 359 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Easton,
  moving northwest at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to 
           roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Easton, Talbot, Trappe, St. Michaels, Preston, Oxford, Queen Anne,
  Tanyard, Starr, Skipton, Copperville, Matthews, Wye Mills,
  Hambleton and Cordova.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3883 7630 3886 7626 3883 7625 3879 7620
      3890 7620 3901 7597 3872 7591 3862 7612
      3868 7617 3868 7621 3871 7621 3871 7624
      3876 7622 3873 7627 3876 7631 3878 7629
      3877 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 144DEG 18KT 3874 7610 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Davis
1 follow-up statement
291 
WWUS51 KPHI 202021
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
421 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

MDC011-035-041-202030-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0374.000000T0000Z-190820T2045Z/
Talbot MD-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-
421 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALBOT...SOUTH CENTRAL QUEEN
ANNE'S AND SOUTHWESTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds and 
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3883 7630 3886 7626 3883 7625 3879 7620
      3890 7620 3901 7597 3872 7591 3862 7612
      3868 7617 3868 7621 3871 7621 3871 7624
      3876 7622 3873 7627 3876 7631 3878 7629
      3877 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 144DEG 18KT 3883 7618 

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot38 min
Aug 20, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot43 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.