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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
893
WUUS51 KPHI 081730
SVRPHI
MDC029-035-081815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0289.260808T1730Z-260808T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
130 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...
Kent County in northeastern Maryland...
* Until 215 PM EDT.
* At 130 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Aberdeen Proving Ground to near Bowleys Quarters,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Chestertown, Betterton, Newtown, Morgnec, Old Town, Kennedyville,
Langford, Galena, and Kingstown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3926 7622 3929 7617 3932 7618 3934 7616
3933 7614 3937 7611 3937 7599 3936 7598
3937 7595 3936 7588 3937 7584 3913 7604
3917 7627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1730Z 273DEG 22KT 3947 7616 3927 7633
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MPS1 follow-up statement
675
WWUS51 KPHI 081807
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
207 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026
MDC029-035-081815-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0289.000000T0000Z-260808T1815Z/
Queen Anne's MD-Kent MD-
207 PM EDT Sat Aug 8 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S AND
KENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have slowed and redeveloped.
This warning will be allowed to expire. However, another Severe
Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for portions fo Kent and Queen
Anne's Counties until 230 PM EDT.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for
northeastern Maryland.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.
LAT...LON 3926 7622 3929 7617 3932 7618 3934 7616
3933 7614 3937 7611 3937 7599 3936 7598
3937 7595 3936 7588 3937 7584 3913 7604
3917 7627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 273DEG 22KT 3946 7592 3926 7609
$$
MPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 46 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.