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, 10:13 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 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, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Caroline 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 02:14 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, 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.
- 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.
198
WWUS81 KPHI 090213
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1013 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-090315-
CAROLINE MD-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
TALBOT MD-
1013 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAROLINE...
KENT...QUEEN ANNE'S...SUSSEX AND TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WYE
MILLS...SKIPTON AROUND 1030 PM...STARR...QUEEN ANNE AROUND 1045
PM...JUMPTOWN...RIDGELY AROUND 1100 PM AND SANDTOWN AROUND 1115 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3904 7632 3899 7627 3900 7618 3903 7625
3909 7625 3915 7628 3913 7561 3876 7564
3885 7622 3893 7622 3894 7624 3890 7625
3892 7628 3885 7625 3886 7627 3889 7627
3890 7631 3887 7633 3887 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, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 53 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.