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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2012Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2012, 6:02 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 19, 2012, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 23 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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.

384 
WWUS81 KPHI 192202
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

MDZ012-015-192300-
KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
602 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF KENT AND QUEEN 
ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHESTERTOWN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
MIDDLETOWN...THAT WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. 

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT 
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE 
AREAS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALSO 
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE MOVE INDOORS IF YOU HEAR 
THUNDER. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER FROM A THUNDERSTORM UNDER TREES.

LAT...LON 3934 7617 3936 7592 3913 7592 3916 7619

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic22 min
Jul 19, 3:04 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI59 hr
Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem50 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI30 min
Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle112 min
Jul 19, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle66 min
Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle62 min
Jul 19, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 min
Jul 19, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's52 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.