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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2011Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 88 min. 2 reports 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
May 19, 2011, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 4:52 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Worton, MD
May 19, 5:04 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDQuaker Neck Landing, MDFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN THE OLD TOWN AREA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

784 
WWUS81 KPHI 192047
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
447 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

MDZ008-012-015-PAZ067-192215-
CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
447 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CECIL...CHESTER...KENT AND 
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BALTIMORE AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN 
CHESAPEAKE BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST MARYLAND THROUGH 600 
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.

EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
FROM THESE STORM.

LAT...LON 3891 7637 3904 7631 3895 7625 3900 7617
      3910 7615 3909 7624 3916 7628 3953 7599
      3972 7624 3972 7580 3914 7575 3892 7595
      3894 7610 3878 7616 3882 7610 3880 7610
      3876 7617 3893 7621 3895 7633 3884 7637

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:29 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris4 days
May 19, 3:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic4 days
May 19, 10:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Passaic65 hr
May 19, 10:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIPassaic11 hr
May 19, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem56 min
May 19, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren56 min
May 19, 3:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
May 19, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon67 min
May 19, 3:34 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI12 hr
May 19, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren53 min
May 19, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren5 hr
May 19, 3:52 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more8 hr
May 19, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester58 min
May 19, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester54 min
May 19, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren55 min
May 19, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon59 min
May 19, 4:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren4 hr
May 19, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren50 min
May 19, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington54 min
May 19, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 19, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
May 19, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem52 min
May 19, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester56 min
May 19, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden55 min
May 19, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks89 min
May 19, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks5 hr
May 19, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks61 min
May 19, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks41 min
May 19, 2:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton3 hr
May 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon60 min
May 19, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton55 min
May 19, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton63 min
May 19, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia60 min
May 19, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe57 min
May 19, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks62 min
May 19, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe55 min
May 19, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia82 min
May 18, 9:10 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot11 hr
May 18, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline59 min
May 19, 12:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline94 min
May 19, 12:43 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's32 min
May 19, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil66 min
May 19, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline60 min
May 19, 1:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's6 hr
May 19, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot51 min
May 19, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent62 min
May 19, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle46 min
May 19, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent34 min
May 19, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent29 min
May 19, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle53 min
May 19, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent30 min
May 19, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle18 min
May 19, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex67 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.