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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2011Salem County, New Jersey; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 92 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, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

329 
WWUS81 KPHI 131913
SPSPHI

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

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-NJZ016-021-132045-
CECIL MD-CUMBERLAND NJ-KENT MD-KENT DE-NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
313 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE NORTHERN 
PORTIONS OF THE DELMARVA...AS WELL AS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEW 
JERSEY...INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER 
IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3951 7599 3972 7624 3973 7578 3983 7567
      3984 7552 3951 7499 3928 7530 3946 7555
      3958 7556 3946 7558 3924 7538 3909 7540
      3894 7531 3883 7572 3925 7577 3924 7601
      3914 7607 3915 7628

$$

FORECASTER:
JJM

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, 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
Aug 13, 12:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil62 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.