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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 27, 2012Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2012, 10:10 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 65 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
May 27, 2012, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2012-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 319 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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.

663 
WWUS81 KPHI 280210
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1010 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

MDZ015-019-020-280315-
CAROLINE MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
1010 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAROLINE...QUEEN 
ANNE'S AND TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE... 
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GRASONVILLE... 
QUEENSTOWN AROUND 1015 PM...WYE MILLS...SKIPTON AROUND 1030 PM... 
HILLSBORO...QUEEN ANNE AROUND 1045 PM...DENTON...GRIFFIN AROUND 1100 
PM...SMITHVILLE AND AGNER AROUND 1115 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...AS IS SMALL 
HAIL.

LAT...LON 3882 7632 3887 7625 3881 7621 3882 7620
      3893 7623 3894 7624 3890 7625 3892 7628
      3889 7627 3890 7632 3886 7632 3884 7638
      3905 7631 3899 7627 3898 7622 3900 7618
      3904 7620 3908 7617 3897 7574 3865 7571

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPassaic26 min
May 27, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks56 min
May 27, 9:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe3 hr
May 27, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton54 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.