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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 20, 2011Cumberland County, New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 20, 2011, 12:09 AM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 66 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
Oct 20, 2011, 12:09 AM EDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 2011, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

754 
WWUS81 KPHI 200409
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1209 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011

DEZ002-003-NJZ021-200515-
CUMBERLAND NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-
1209 AM EDT THU OCT 20 2011

...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT KENT...CUMBERLAND AND
SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 1202 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SALISBURY TO 11 MILES WEST OF SALISBURY TO 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL
BE NEAR BRIDGEVILLE...SEAFORD AROUND 1220 AM...GREENWOOD...BLADES...
BETHEL AROUND 1225 AM...FARMINGTON...ANDREWSVILLE...LAUREL AROUND
1230 AM...HARRINGTON AROUND 1235 AM AND HOUSTON AROUND 1240 AM.

BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...AND WILL 
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS.

SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 3846 7570 3861 7572 3907 7562 3943 7516
      3920 7504 3917 7514 3920 7519 3923 7518
      3929 7527 3929 7531 3923 7539 3916 7540
      3907 7539 3898 7529 3893 7530 3880 7516
      3845 7547

$$

FORECASTER: DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren49 min
Oct 19, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset64 min
Oct 19, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex12 min
Oct 20, 2:41 AM EDTGale WarningPHI13 hr
Oct 20, 4:22 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Oct 20, 2:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's3 hr
Oct 20, 8:25 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot9 hr
Oct 20, 5:09 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 hr
Oct 19, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex90 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2011Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.