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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 2011Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 60 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 24, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

027 
WWUS81 KPHI 241815
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

MDZ019-020-241915-
CAROLINE MD-TALBOT MD-
215 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...AN ISOLATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CAROLINE AND 
TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR OXFORD AROUND 230 PM...
WINDYHILL...HAMBLETON AROUND 245 PM...CHOPTANK...PRESTON AROUND 300
PM...FEDERALSBURG AND SMITHVILLE AROUND 315 PM.

THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD INTENSIFY AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT LIGHTNING TO ALSO DEVELOP FROM THIS 
STORM. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING 
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3861 7609 3866 7621 3873 7625 3870 7627
      3872 7631 3866 7635 3874 7635 3875 7640
      3879 7622 3876 7616 3880 7616 3887 7574
      3866 7572 3869 7583 3869 7590 3867 7595
      3856 7602 3857 7607

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren59 min
May 23, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren2 hr
May 23, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren67 min
May 23, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset65 min
May 23, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris88 min
May 23, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
May 23, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May47 min
May 24, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI43 min
May 24, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden85 min
May 24, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean50 min
May 24, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic86 min
May 23, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton53 min
May 23, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline56 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.