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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2026, 2:54 AM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 27, 2026, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2026, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 856 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
223
WUUS51 KPHI 270654
SVRPHI
MDC041-270745-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0227.260727T0654Z-260727T0745Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
254 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Talbot County in eastern Maryland...
* Until 345 AM EDT.
* At 254 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over St. Michaels,
or 9 miles west of Easton, and is nearly stationary.
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, St. Michaels, Oxford, Copperville, and Tilghman
Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3875 7634 3884 7626 3881 7621 3879 7622
3879 7619 3886 7619 3875 7599 3864 7615
3868 7618 3867 7620 3871 7624 3876 7622
3876 7625 3871 7628 3872 7630 3878 7629
3877 7632 3868 7633 3874 7634 3875 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 316DEG 3KT 3876 7625
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Hoeflich2 follow-up statements
040
WWUS51 KPHI 270712
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
312 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026
MDC041-270745-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-260727T0745Z/
Talbot MD-
312 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY...
At 312 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Michaels,
or 10 miles west of Easton, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs,
siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Easton, St. Michaels, and Oxford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3881 7625 3880 7622 3879 7622 3879 7619
3883 7619 3873 7602 3864 7615 3868 7618
3867 7620 3871 7624 3876 7622 3877 7624
3876 7625 3875 7625 3871 7628 3872 7630
3878 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 322DEG 3KT 3874 7625
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Hoeflich299
WWUS51 KPHI 270730
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
330 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026
MDC041-270740-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-260727T0745Z/
Talbot MD-
330 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3881 7625 3880 7622 3879 7622 3879 7619
3883 7619 3873 7602 3864 7615 3868 7618
3867 7620 3871 7624 3876 7622 3877 7624
3876 7625 3875 7625 3871 7628 3872 7630
3878 7629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 316DEG 3KT 3873 7624
$$
HoeflichWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 1:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- 1. Showers and thunderstorms return and increase along with increasingly more humid for the first half of the week. There is potential for strong to severe thunderstorms as well as areas of heavy rain leading to flash flooding on both Monday and Tuesday.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 1:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 102 AM EDT Mon Jul 27 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... Aviation section updated for the 06Z TAF issuance. There is increasing potential for excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding early this week, particularly on Tuesday. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1. Showers and thunderstorms return and increase along with increasingly more humid for the first half of the week. There is potential for strong to severe thunderstorms as well as areas of heavy rain leading to flash flooding on both Monday and Tuesday. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1...Showers and thunderstorms return and increase along with increasingly more humid for the first half of the week. There is potential for strong to severe thunderstorms as well as areas of heavy rain leading to flash flooding on both Monday and Tuesday. As a strong upper-level ridge expands into the Plains early this week, northwesterly flow aloft will occur across much of the East. This ridge gets pushed back some as a strong upper- level trough in eastern Canada sends spokes of energy southeastward across the Great Lakes and Northeast. Some guidance maintains a vigorous shortwave riding over the ridge and sliding southeastward across the Great Lakes Monday and then across the Northeast during Tuesday. This results in some model solutions continuing to close off the trough across the Northeast Tuesday into Wednesday. Some other guidance is slower and weaker and thus does not close it off or briefly closes it off a day or two later. The upper-level system will drive surface low pressure and a cold front our way Tuesday into Wednesday. It will become much more humid during the first half of next week, with dew points looking to surge on Tuesday. This will all result in an increase in convective chances Monday and especially Tuesday into Wednesday. While there remains some differences among the model guidance on the timing and strength of the features diving southeastward early next week, the setup would continue to favor upstream convective development given northwesterly flow aloft. Monday's setup looks to be a pulsy, single to multi cell cluster environment with low shear and modest instability. Deep layer shear will be weak, only around 10-20 kts. Instability looks to be in the 1000-2000 J/kg range. DCAPE is also modest around 500-1000 J/kg. This setup will favor scattered, hit or miss type showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon hours, with a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms. Any stronger storms could produce isolated strong to marginally severe wind gusts and brief heavy downpours. Our entire area is outlooked in a MARGINAL Risk (level 1 out of 5) for severe thunderstorms on Monday. There is also a MARGINAL Risk (level 1 out of 4) for excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding for areas near and northwest of I-95 on Monday. Scattered showers and storms may continue overnight as better forcing arrives aloft, though the severe and flash flooding threat will likely be minimal overnight. Tuesday looks to feature the most widespread showers and thunderstorms. Height falls and jet dynamics aloft will favor convective development nearly all day as surface low pressure develops just to our west. This will keep a steady stream of warm, moist air pumping into the area and keeping the environment conditionally unstable despite cloud cover. PWats will rise to near 2" by the end of the day. Some models suggest we could have a stalled or slow moving frontal boundary across the central or northern portion of the forecast area, which could act as a focusing mechanism for heavy rainfall. Heavy rain leading to flash flooding could end up being a bigger concern and greater impact than the severe thunderstorm threat. Long story short, a very active day is expected convection wise on Tuesday. A due southerly surface flow and the dynamics aloft will favor areas along and northwest of the I-95 corridor and/or the frontal boundary to be the focus of the heaviest rain, and areas along and southeast of the I-95 corridor and/or the frontal boundary where convection is less messy and the environment a bit less contaminated being the greater severe thunderstorm threat depending on exactly how the convection evolves. That still remains a little unclear at the moment, and may depend on how storms evolve upstream Monday and Monday night. WPC has outlooked most of our area outside of central/southern Delmarva in a SLIGHT Risk (level 2 out of 4) for excessive rainfall for Tuesday. SPC has outlooked the southern half of our area from the Philly metro and south in a SLIGHT Risk (level 2 out of 5) for severe thunderstorms on Tuesday. On Wednesday, low pressure looks to be offshore to our east. Scattered showers and storms will likely develop again by afternoon, at least across our NJ and PA zones, but the severe thunderstorm and heavy rain threat look to be lower and focused across southern New England given the setup. We'll continue to monitor this period though. As we head through Thursday and Friday, the risk of scattered showers and storms will slowly decline as the Tuesday-Wednesday system slowly pushes east. Details on the late week period are still very uncertain, however. We may briefly dry out completely Saturday before the next system approaches Sunday. && .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... The following discussion is for KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY and surrounding areas. Rest of Tonight (through 12z)...Primarily VFR. Some patchy fog over the Lehigh Valley could result in some MVFR VSBYs though only put a TEMPO group in at KRDG. Winds generally light out of the south/southwest around 5 kt or less. Moderate confidence. Today...Primarily VFR though scattered showers and thunderstorms develop during the early afternoon, mainly focused from the I-95 corridor and points east. Converted the PROB30 to TEMPO groups for the I-95 and South Jersey terminals. The main window will be from 16z-17z to about 22z-23z, with lingering showers after. Lesser chances for showers/thunderstorms for the Lehigh Valley terminals, so kept the PROB30 for now at KRDG/KABE. Winds out of the south/southwest around 5 to 10 kt. Moderate confidence. Monday Night...Primarily VFR. Cannot rule out some patchy fog at all terminals (10-15%) but confidence was not high enough to include in the TAFs at this time. Light southerly winds 5 kt or less. Low confidence. Outlook... Tuesday...Restrictions likely in widespread showers and thunderstorms. Southerly wind gusts up to 20 kts possible. Wednesday thru Friday...Prevailing VFR, but isolated to scattered showers and storms could cause brief restrictions, with a decreasing probability of this each day. && .MARINE... No marine hazards expected through Monday. Winds out of the east this evening turn southerly tonight, remaining around 10 kts or less. Southerly winds increase to 10-15 kts on Monday. Seas of 2-3 feet throughout the period. A few scattered thunderstorms possible near the coast Monday afternoon. Outlook... Tuesday...Small Craft Advisory conditions possible as southerly flow increases. Showers and thunderstorms. Wednesday thru Friday...No prevailing marine hazards expected, however scattered thunderstorms will be possible near the coast, especially Wednesday Rip Currents... For Monday, south winds around 5-10 mph. Breaking waves of 1-2 feet along most of the coast, though they could approach 3 feet for southern parts of the Jersey Shore. There will be multiple swell groups, but all of them look to be fairly light and short in period. Given the more shore-parallel flow and light swell, we'll continue with the LOW risk for the development of dangerous rip currents at all area beaches. On Tuesday, we'll see an overall increase in winds and seas as a storm approaches. In addition, we will also be a day closer to the full moon. These factors point to more enhanced conditions compared to Monday. With this in mind, we will issue a MODERATE risk for Tuesday. For specific beach forecasts, visit weather.gov/beach/phi && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NJ...None. DE...None. MD...None. MARINE...None. && DISCUSSION...AKL/Gorse/RCM/Staarmann AVIATION...AKL/Cooper/Hoeflich/RCM MARINE...AKL/OHara/RCM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:13 AM EDT, 21 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 513 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 MDZ012-015-019-020-270915- Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline- 513 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall are possible on Monday and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures. Staarmann
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 2:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 2:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 43 min |
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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.