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 Mar 9, 2012, 12:50 AM EST for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 9, 2012, 12:50 AM EST (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2012, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
924
WWUS81 KPHI 090550
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1250 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012
MDZ008-012-015-090630-
CECIL MD-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
1250 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012
...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT CECIL...KENT AND QUEEN
ANNE'S COUNTIES...
AT 1243 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEWARK TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BALTIMORE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR ZION...BLAKE...BAY VIEW...
PERRYVILLE AROUND 1255 AM...PLEASANT HILL...FAIR HILL...ANDORA...
NORTH EAST AROUND 100 AM...GLEN WESTOVER AND CHERRY HILL AROUND 105
AM.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.
LAT...LON 3905 7624 3917 7629 3932 7619 3943 7600
3952 7599 3954 7607 3969 7621 3973 7617
3972 7579 3922 7575 3894 7606 3893 7611
3898 7625 3899 7625 3901 7618 3903 7626
3901 7629 3900 7629 3902 7633
$$
ROBERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 57 min |
| Mar 9, 12:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 59 min |
| Mar 9, 12:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 1:09 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Mar 9, 1:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Mar 9, 1:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean | 64 min |
| Mar 9, 11:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 24 hr | |
| Mar 9, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 2:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 62 min |
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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.