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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2014Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2014, 5:02 AM EDT for Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 88 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
Jun 11, 2014, 5:02 AM EDT (09:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2014, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2014-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 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 2014-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

447 
WWUS81 KPHI 110902
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
502 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-PAZ060-101-102-111030-
BERKS PA-CECIL MD-EASTERN CHESTER PA-KENT DE-KENT MD-NEW CASTLE DE-
WESTERN CHESTER PA-
502 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014

...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CECIL...KENT... 
NEW CASTLE...NORTHWESTERN KENT...WESTERN BERKS AND WESTERN CHESTER 
COUNTIES...

AT 454 AM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 
23 MILES WEST OF TOWER CITY TO 10 MILES WEST OF EAST PROSPECT TO 
DUNDALK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS...AND WILL 
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN 
CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING 
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR NEWTOWN AROUND 540 AM...PORT DEPOSIT AROUND
550 AM...PERRYVILLE AROUND 600 AM...MOUNT VERNON AROUND 610 AM...
NORTHEAST AROUND 620 AM AND ELKTON AROUND 630 AM.

LAT...LON 4058 7603 4064 7599 4005 7569 3951 7556
      3947 7558 3929 7551 3925 7599 3919 7626
      3932 7619 3943 7601 3952 7599 3955 7609
      3972 7623 3973 7614 3979 7605 3988 7599
      4011 7595 4014 7589 4050 7644

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 6:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem65 min
Jun 11, 8:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester93 min
Jun 11, 6:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot90 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2014Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2014Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.