Alert archive / Delaware / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 5:22 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Kent County, DE
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
656 WWUS81 KPHI 022122 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 522 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 DEZ002-003-022215- INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE- 522 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES... AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF DOVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR ANDREWSVILLE AROUND 535 PM... HARRINGTON AROUND 540 PM...FARMINGTON AROUND 600 PM AND HOUSTON AROUND 615 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OR PRODUCING NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. LAT...LON 3892 7533 3876 7554 3889 7571 3899 7552 $$ FORECASTER: HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:34 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 28 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 108 min |
| Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 103 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline | 2 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.