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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 2012Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 7:28 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2012, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 7:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBetterton, MDTREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-05Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

045 
WWUS81 KPHI 052328
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
728 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

MDZ012-015-060015-
KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
728 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT KENT AND QUEEN ANNE'S
COUNTIES...

AT 722 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND 
OVER NORTHWEST KENT COUNTY MARYLAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT KENT AND QUEEN ANNE'S 
COUNTIES OF MARYLAND THROUGH AT LEAST 815 PM. 

YOU CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE WATER TO POND ON 
ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3904 7633 3904 7632 3899 7627 3900 7618
      3903 7625 3917 7629 3934 7617 3938 7605
      3926 7587 3925 7576 3914 7575 3910 7584
      3892 7596 3895 7609 3889 7610 3885 7620
      3894 7624 3891 7624 3891 7633 3884 7638

$$

FORECASTER: PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer37 min
Jul 4, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean38 min
Jul 4, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean29 min
Jul 4, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer46 min
Jul 5, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Mercer37 min
Jul 5, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean41 min
Jul 5, 12:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean40 min
Jul 5, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Jul 5, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean60 min
Jul 5, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland66 min
Jul 5, 4:28 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem24 hr
Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more9 hr
Jul 4, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Jul 4, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh38 min
Jul 4, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh27 min
Jul 4, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery38 min
Jul 4, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery28 min
Jul 5, 1:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh56 min
Jul 5, 1:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton34 min
Jul 5, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent41 min
Jul 5, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.