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Special Marine Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 28, 2008

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at Apr 28, 2008, 5:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2008, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Apr 28, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:39 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
238 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-282045-
CAROLINE-CECIL-KENT-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
238 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...

AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 55 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEWARK DELAWARE TO 85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER DELAWARE
TO 127 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOVER DELAWARE...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR STEVENSVILLE AROUND 315
PM...BETTERTON...TILGHMAN ISLAND AROUND 330 PM...OXFORD...KINGSTOWN
AROUND 345 PM...CECILTON...CHESAPEAKE CITY AROUND 400
PM...TEMPLEVILLE AND PRESTON AROUND 415 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS. EXPECT ALSO SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE.

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER, HEAD INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. TAKE
ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

TFG

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:14 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:03 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		48 min
Apr 28, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem	113 min
Apr 28, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington	26 min
Apr 28, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	2 hr
Apr 28, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	65 min
Apr 28, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Talbot	62 min
Apr 28, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's	56 min
Apr 28, 4:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's	23 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in New Jersey, 2008 Every special marine warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.