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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2011Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2011, 11:27 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 63 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
May 19, 2011, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2011-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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.

866 
WWUS81 KPHI 200327
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1127 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

MDZ019-200430-
TALBOT MD-
1127 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT TALBOT COUNTY...

AT 1125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3857 7607 3860 7607 3861 7610 3867 7610
      3868 7597 3867 7595 3865 7595 3862 7598
      3860 7598 3857 7602 3856 7605

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic54 min
May 19, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean94 min
May 19, 11:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren3 hr
May 20, 2:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
May 20, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren15 hr
May 20, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth46 min
May 20, 2:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe53 min
May 20, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr
May 20, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe65 min
May 19, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot61 min
May 19, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline64 min
May 19, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
May 19, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min

Nearby

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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.