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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2011Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 10:08 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 3, 2011, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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.

886 
WWUS81 KPHI 040208
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1008 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

MDZ015-019-020-040300-
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
1008 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAROLINE...QUEEN 
ANNE'S AND TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF 
CENTERVILLE TO ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR STEVENSVILLE SOUTH AND TALBOT 
AROUND 1015 PM...CHESTER AND STEVENSVILLE AROUND 1030 
PM...GRASONVILLE AND QUEENSTOWN AROUND 1045 PM...AND TANYARD AND 
SKIPTON AROUND 1100 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND THEY MAY CAUSE 
FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALSO IS POSSIBLE. PLEASE MOVE 
INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. 

LAT...LON 3873 7625 3866 7635 3877 7640 3875 7635
      3887 7625 3882 7621 3883 7620 3894 7624
      3890 7624 3893 7628 3884 7638 3885 7639
      3903 7633 3898 7621 3907 7619 3907 7594
      3867 7575 3869 7590 3856 7604

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic64 min
Jul 3, 10:46 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHICape May74 min
Jul 4, 2:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May65 min
Jul 3, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline20 min
Jul 3, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot64 min
Jul 4, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 min
Jul 4, 5:48 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.