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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 9, 2012Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 11:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren57 min
Mar 9, 12:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren59 min
Mar 9, 12:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset62 min
Mar 9, 1:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Mar 9, 1:46 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Mar 9, 1:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean64 min
Mar 9, 11:52 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Mar 9, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent63 min
Mar 9, 2:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent62 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.