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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2012Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.

672 
WWUS81 KPHI 192308
SPSPHI

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

MDZ012-015-020-200000-
CAROLINE MD-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
708 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CAROLINE...KENT 
AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST FROM AROUND 25 
MILES NORTH OF EASTON TO AROUND 20 MILES WEST OF DOVER. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TOWARD THE DELAWARE BORDER. 

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3913 7610 3916 7616 3929 7604 3925 7589
      3918 7575 3895 7574 3908 7608

$$

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, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent58 min

Nearby

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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.