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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2026Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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 28, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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
Jul 28, 6:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Trappe, MD	Several photos of a roof blown off an industrial building and several branches down on Backtown Rd between Ocean Gateway and Old Trappe Rd. Time estimated by radar.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

128 
WUUS51 KPHI 282115
SVRPHI
MDC041-282200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0253.260728T2115Z-260728T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
515 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Talbot County in eastern Maryland...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 514 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tilghman
  Island, or 11 miles east of Breezy Point, moving northeast 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, Trappe, St. Michaels, Oxford, Hambleton, Windyhill, and
  Copperville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for eastern
Maryland.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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 3873 7634 3876 7632 3872 7630 3878 7629
      3882 7623 3879 7620 3884 7620 3887 7615
      3868 7596 3862 7611 3871 7622 3870 7623
      3871 7623 3874 7621 3877 7624 3871 7627
      3867 7634 3868 7635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 231DEG 18KT 3865 7630 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Staarmann

1 follow-up statement

438 
WWUS51 KPHI 282131
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
531 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

MDC041-282200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0253.000000T0000Z-260728T2200Z/
Talbot MD-
531 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TALBOT COUNTY...

At 531 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oxford, or 8
miles northwest of Cambridge, moving northeast 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, Trappe, Oxford, Hambleton, and Windyhill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for eastern
Maryland.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move
indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers.
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 3875 7622 3884 7612 3868 7596 3862 7611
      3871 7622 3870 7623 3871 7623 3874 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 241DEG 16KT 3864 7620 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent	60 min
Jul 28, 5:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Talbot	24 min
Jul 28, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	52 min
Jul 28, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Talbot	47 min
Jul 28, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	52 min
Jul 28, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	30 min
Jul 28, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	67 min
Jul 28, 6:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Queen Anne's, Talbot	35 min
Jul 28, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Talbot	61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.