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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 11, 2011Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2011, 9:25 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 65 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 11, 2011, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2011, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2011-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3066 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 2011-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
3066 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

492 
WWUS81 KPHI 120125
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
925 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

MDZ015-019-020-120230-
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
925 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

AT 921 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BALTIMORE TO 52 MILES WEST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CHESTER AND STEVENSVILLE SOUTH AROUND 945 
PM...WYE MILLS AND TILGHMAN ISLAND AROUND 1000 PM...SKIPTON AND 
JUMPTOWN AROUND 1015 PM AND GOLDSBORO AROUND 1030 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3873 7625 3867 7636 3874 7635 3877 7640
      3875 7635 3887 7625 3882 7621 3883 7620
      3894 7624 3890 7624 3893 7628 3884 7638
      3885 7639 3905 7631 3898 7621 3907 7618
      3906 7574 3864 7614

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia56 min
Jul 11, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's64 min
Jul 11, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot57 min
Jul 11, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot33 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.