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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2011Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT for Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 13, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2011, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 611 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

346 
WWUS81 KPHI 131613
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1213 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

DEZ001-MDZ008-PAZ067-131715-
CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
1213 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CECIL...CHESTER AND NEW CASTLE
COUNTIES...

AT 1211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF ELKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR FARMINGTON...ZION AROUND 1230
PM...LOMBARD...CALVERT AROUND 1245 PM...WEST GROVE...AVONDALE AROUND
100 PM...TOUGHKENAMON AND KENNETT SQUARE AROUND 115 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3973 7622 3974 7613 3978 7607 3985 7603
      3987 7601 3992 7601 3998 7598 3978 7557
      3948 7600 3950 7601 3953 7599 3955 7603
      3954 7607 3970 7623

$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:10 PM EDTFlood WatchPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more13 hr
Aug 13, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem92 min
Aug 13, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester115 min
Aug 13, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester88 min
Aug 13, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe84 min
Aug 13, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon30 min
Aug 13, 7:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr

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.