Alert archive / Maryland / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2012, 3:16 PM EST for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 44 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
347
WWUS81 KPHI 242016
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
316 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-242100-
CAROLINE MD-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
TALBOT MD-
316 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAROLINE...KENT...QUEEN
ANNE'S...SUSSEX AND TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 313 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHESAPEAKE BAY MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WYE MILLS... CENTERVILLE AND
KINGSTOWN BY AROUND 320 PM...CARVILLE...SKIPTON...STARKEY
CORNER...EASTON AROUND 325 PM...STARR AND HOPE AROUND 330 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3872 7631 3883 7631 3887 7625 3881 7621
3882 7620 3894 7624 3884 7638 3904 7632
3899 7627 3900 7618 3903 7625 3920 7625
3926 7586 3925 7576 3920 7575 3920 7555
3873 7555 3867 7575 3869 7590 3858 7605
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:34 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 45 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 4:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 82 min | |
| Feb 24, 3:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 4:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 53 min |
| Feb 24, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 5:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 46 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.