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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2015, 8:17 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 20, 2015, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2015, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 7:52 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 8:05 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 NJZ001-007>010-015-PAZ055-062-220015- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MERCER-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 92 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NJZ012>014-020-026-220015- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING RAIN AND GUSTY WEST WINDS TO 45 MPH IS POSSIBLE NEAR MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>018-021-PAZ060-061-070-071- 101>106-220015- NEW CASTLE-KENT-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-CUMBERLAND-BERKS-LEHIGH-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 ...TORNADO WATCH 90 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. DEZ003-004-NJZ019-022>025-027-220015- INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PAZ054-220015- CARBON- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 92 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ450-451-220015- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 35 KT IS POSSIBLE NEAR OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ431-452>455-220015- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WESTERLY GUSTS OF 35 KT AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ430-220015- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- 805 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015 ...TORNADO WATCH 90 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ..UPDATED FOR A NEW WATCH..
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
504 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
PAZ060-202130-
BERKS-
504 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BERKS COUNTY...
AT 503 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MOUNT GRETNA
HEIGHTS...OR NEAR CORNWALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMBURG...WOMELSDORF...NEWMANSTOWN...SHOEMAKERSVILLE...BERNVILLE...
STRAUSSTOWN...LENHARTSVILLE AND CENTERPORT.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4052 7634 4052 7625 4058 7605 4057 7602
4063 7599 4056 7587 4031 7614 4036 7621
4037 7623 4049 7643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 216DEG 30KT 4022 7642
HEAVENERSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 5:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
539 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
PAZ060-202230-
BERKS-
539 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY...
AT 539 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER KLEINFELTERSVILLE...OR
NEAR MYERSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
READING...WYOMISSING...KUTZTOWN...HAMBURG...SINKING SPRING...
LAURELDALE...WOMELSDORF...WERNERSVILLE...NEWMANSTOWN...LEESPORT...
SHOEMAKERSVILLE...BERNVILLE...STRAUSSTOWN...LENHARTSVILLE...SPRING
RIDGE...FAIRVIEW HGTS...CENTERPORT...WEST LAWN...WEST WYOMISSING AND
WYOMISSING HILLS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4053 7619 4058 7605 4057 7602 4061 7600
4054 7575 4026 7606 4031 7614 4036 7621
4037 7623 4041 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 218DEG 26KT 4031 7623
HEAVENERSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 7:43 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
743 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
MDZ015-019-020-210030-
QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-
743 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...
TALBOT AND SOUTHWESTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...
AT 742 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PLUM POINT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...TALBOT...ROMANCOKE...ST. MICHAELS...OXFORD...COPPERVILLE...
HARMONY...TANYARD...SKIPTON...TILGHMAN ISLAND...MATTHEWS...
GRASONVILLE...HAMBLETON AND CORDOVA.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3882 7631 3886 7635 3885 7638 3889 7634
3883 7629 3890 7629 3879 7620 3894 7621
3891 7630 3892 7630 3899 7617 3878 7587
3865 7615 3871 7624 3876 7622 3872 7630
3878 7629 3867 7634 3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 232DEG 27KT 3862 7648
HEAVENERSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 8:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
817 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
MDZ012-015-019-210115-
QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-KENT-KENT-QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-
817 PM EDT MON APR 20 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT AND NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHESAPEAKE BEACH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...TALBOT...ST. MICHAELS...STEVENSVILLE...COPPERVILLE...
SKIPTON...WYE MILLS...CHESTER...TILGHMAN ISLAND...GRASONVILLE...
CORDOVA...ROMANCOKE...QUEENSTOWN...STEVENSVILLE SOUTH AND DOMINION.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3886 7626 3886 7625 3879 7620 3879 7619
3897 7625 3884 7637 3885 7638 3904 7631
3898 7628 3900 7617 3906 7623 3889 7597
3871 7622 3876 7622 3872 7630 3878 7629
3867 7634 3868 7634 3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 222DEG 19KT 3869 7644
HEAVENERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 111 min |
| Apr 20, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 81 min |
| Apr 21, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 3 days | |
| Apr 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 9 hr | |
| Apr 20, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lebanon | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Schuylkill | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 80 min |
| Apr 20, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 10:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 11:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline | 112 min |
| Apr 21, 1:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 6 hr |
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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.