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 Jul 8, 2012, 9:09 PM EDT for Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 66 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 8, 2012, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Henderson, MD | A COUPLE OF TREES 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545
WWUS81 KPHI 090109
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
909 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
DEZ002-MDZ012-015-019-020-090215-
CAROLINE MD-KENT DE-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
909 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAROLINE...KENT...
QUEEN ANNE'S AND TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF
CENTERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
OVERTON...QUEENSTOWN AROUND 915 PM...CENTREVILLE...CENTERVILLE
AROUND 930 PM... CARVILLE...HOPE AROUND 945 PM...OAKLAND...OAKLAND
AROUND 1000 PM...GOLDSBORO AND GREENSBORO AROUND 1015 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3904 7632 3904 7629 3899 7627 3898 7620
3900 7618 3902 7624 3909 7625 3914 7629
3927 7623 3930 7619 3933 7619 3927 7548
3884 7556 3891 7622 3894 7624 3893 7624
3892 7624 3893 7637
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jul 9, 5:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.