Alert archive / Maryland / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 31, 2024, 6:16 PM EST for 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 44 min. 5 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
- Dec 31, 2024, 6:16 PM EST (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:34 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Se Bay Ridge, MD | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| Dec 31, 6:50 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 47 | 2 E Chester, MD | Mesonet station MD040 Us-50 Kent Narrow Bridge. |
| Dec 31, 6:53 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 48 | Easton Municipal Airpor, MD | AWOS station KESN Easton Newnam. |
| Dec 31, 6:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Easton Municipal, MD | Tree down at Blackdog Alley and Treesdale Drive. |
| Dec 31, 6:55 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 43 | 4 Wsw Wye Mills, MD | Mesonet station 007MD Wye Mills. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
948
WUUS51 KPHI 312316
SVRPHI
MDC011-029-035-041-010000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0220.241231T2316Z-250101T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
616 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2024
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Talbot County in eastern Maryland...
Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...
Caroline County in eastern Maryland...
Central Kent County in northeastern Maryland...
* Until 700 PM EST.
* At 615 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bowie to near Breezy Point to near Saint
Clements Bay, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Easton, Centerville, Talbot, Chestertown, Denton, Centreville,
Romancoke, Federalsburg, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Rock Hall,
Trappe, St. Michaels, Church Hill, Preston, Oxford, Millington,
Sudlersville, and Goldsboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3876 7635 3886 7626 3883 7619 3897 7625
3884 7637 3895 7636 3904 7631 3901 7619
3900 7617 3902 7619 3918 7627 3938 7577
3868 7576 3870 7590 3857 7604 3875 7629
3878 7629 3867 7634 3877 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 252DEG 45KT 3894 7670 3857 7649 3818 7676
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PO2 follow-up statements
014
WWUS51 KPHI 312338
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
638 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2024
MDC011-029-035-041-010000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-250101T0000Z/
Talbot MD-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-Kent MD-
638 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST
FOR TALBOT...QUEEN ANNE'S...CAROLINE AND CENTRAL KENT COUNTIES...
At 637 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Stevensville to near Oxford to Lexington Park,
moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Easton, Centerville, Talbot, Chestertown, Denton, Centreville,
Romancoke, Federalsburg, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Rock Hall,
Trappe, St. Michaels, Church Hill, Preston, Oxford, Millington,
Sudlersville, and Goldsboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3875 7633 3886 7626 3883 7619 3897 7625
3884 7637 3895 7636 3904 7631 3901 7619
3900 7617 3902 7619 3918 7627 3937 7579
3868 7576 3870 7590 3859 7606 3868 7620
3878 7629 3875 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 247DEG 41KT 3900 7638 3866 7620 3826 7645
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PO319
WWUS51 KPHI 312357
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
657 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2024
MDC011-029-035-041-010006-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-250101T0000Z/
Talbot MD-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-Kent MD-
657 PM EST Tue Dec 31 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TALBOT...QUEEN ANNE'S...
CAROLINE AND CENTRAL KENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EST...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3875 7633 3886 7626 3883 7619 3897 7625
3884 7637 3895 7636 3904 7631 3901 7619
3900 7617 3902 7619 3918 7627 3937 7579
3868 7576 3870 7590 3859 7606 3868 7620
3878 7629 3875 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 226DEG 44KT 3912 7618 3878 7600 3838 7625
$$
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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.