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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 2, 2012Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2012, 6:33 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 117 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
Sep 2, 2012, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 737 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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.

372 
WWUS81 KPHI 022233
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
633 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012

MDZ012-015-030030-
KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
633 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KENT AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BALTIMORE TO 13 MILES EAST 
OF BALTIMORE TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALTIMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR OLD TOWN AROUND 700 
PM...LANGFORD AROUND 730 PM...CHESTERTOWN AND NEWTOWN AROUND 830 PM.

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

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 3927 7623 3930 7619 3932 7619 3934 7617
      3938 7611 3938 7606 3937 7597 3932 7587
      3903 7616 3908 7625 3913 7626 3914 7629
      3917 7629

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 1:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland, Salem2 hr
Sep 2, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Somerset2 hr
Sep 2, 5:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth3 hr
Sep 2, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth113 min
Sep 2, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex95 min
Sep 2, 12:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle83 min
Sep 2, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex2 hr
Sep 2, 3:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr
Sep 2, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex89 min
Sep 1, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's38 min
Sep 1, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's88 min
Sep 1, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot93 min
Sep 1, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot86 min
Sep 1, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWicomico61 min
Sep 2, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline118 min
Sep 2, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.