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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 13, 2012Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Nov 13, 2012, 2:39 AM EST for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 81 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
Nov 13, 2012, 2:39 AM EST (07:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 00:00Z on 2012-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 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.

160 
WWUS81 KPHI 130739
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
239 AM EST TUE NOV 13 2012

DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-130900-
CAROLINE MD-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-TALBOT MD-
239 AM EST TUE NOV 13 2012

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL 
WILL AFFECT KENT...CAROLINE...QUEEN ANNE'S AND TALBOT COUNTIES...

AT 236 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
INDICATED SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER TO 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALTIMORE TO 47 
MILES SOUTH OF BALTIMORE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR CENTREVILLE AROUND 245 
AM...TALBOT...CARVILLE...SUDLERSVILLE AROUND 250 AM...WYE 
MILLS...TILGHMAN ISLAND...HOPE...BARCLAY AROUND 255 AM...STARR AND 
COPPERVILLE AROUND 300 AM.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 3872 7626 3867 7635 3877 7640 3887 7625
      3881 7621 3882 7620 3894 7624 3884 7638
      3891 7638 3900 7618 3906 7620 3925 7597
      3925 7576 3930 7576 3931 7559 3937 7551
      3932 7543 3908 7539 3874 7583 3860 7612

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 1:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Sussex, Warren88 min
Nov 13, 2:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more84 min
Nov 13, 3:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 1 more89 min
Nov 13, 3:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester85 min
Nov 12, 10:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon80 min
Nov 13, 12:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe89 min
Nov 13, 1:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's80 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2012Special 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.