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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 21, 20118 counties in New Jersey; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2011, 7:58 AM EDT for 8 counties in New Jersey; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 92 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
Mar 21, 2011, 7:58 AM EDT (11:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

393 
WWUS81 KPHI 211158
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
758 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ016>027-211330-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
CAROLINE MD-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-
758 AM EDT MON MAR 21 2011

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...CAPEMAY...CAROLINE...CUMBERLAND... 
GLOUCESTER...KENT...NEW CASTLE...OCEAN...QUEEN 
ANNE'S...SALEM...SUSSEX AND TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 752 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY 
SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 
45 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND THE DELMARVA REGION THROUGH 930 AM. 

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY 
THUNDERSTORM. 

LAT...LON 3846 7570 3867 7576 3869 7590 3857 7604
      3873 7625 3870 7635 3876 7639 3887 7626
      3882 7620 3891 7622 3998 7495 3992 7406
      3955 7422 3951 7426 3960 7427 3953 7440
      3945 7429 3891 7497 3844 7505

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PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem63 min
Mar 21, 6:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem54 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2011Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2011Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.