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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2016, 10:02 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 88 min. 16 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2016, 10:02 PM EDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | Chestertown, MD | |
| Apr 2, 10:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | North East, MD | |
| Apr 2, 11:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newark, DE | TREE TOPPLED OVER HITTING A HOUSE IN NEWARK. |
| Apr 2, 11:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Elkton, MD | |
| Apr 2, 11:11 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Newark, DE | PEA SIZE HAIL IN NEWARK. |
| Apr 2, 11:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | New Castle County Airpo, DE | |
| Apr 2, 11:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bear, DE | |
| Apr 2, 11:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Wilmington, DE | |
| Apr 2, 11:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Centreville, MD | |
| Apr 2, 11:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | New Castle County Airpo, DE | |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeton, NJ | DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED NEAR THE WALMART ON ROUTE 77 IN BRIDGETON...WHERE SEVERAL POWER POLES AND TREES WERE FELLED. |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bridgeton, NJ | ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH. DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE WESTERN END OF SHOEMAKER LANE IN HOPWELL TOWNSHIP. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SHEARED OFF AND SOME UPROOTED. THERE WAS ALSO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A METAL GARAGE ON SHOEMAKER LANE. |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hopewell Twp, NJ | ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 MPH. DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE WESTERN END OF SHOEMAKER LANE IN HOPWELL TOWNSHIP. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SHEARED OFF AND SOME UPROOTED. THERE WAS ALSO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO A METAL GARAGE ON SHOEMAKER LANE. |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | South Harrison Twp, NJ | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN SOUTH HARRISON TOWNSHIP. |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Woolwich Twp, NJ | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP. |
| Apr 2, 11:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shiloh, NJ | TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KPHI 030202
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1002 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016
DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>018-021-PAZ101-102-030330-
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-NEW CASTLE-CECIL-CAROLINE-TALBOT-KENT-QUEEN
ANNE'S-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN
CHESTER-
1002 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016
...GUSTY WEST WINDS TO 55 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY A BAND OF SHOWERS
CROSSING EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE BETWEEN 1015 PM AND 1130
PM...
AT 957 PM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR CROSS ROADS TO NEAR ELKRIDGE TO HUNTINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
55 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS. A FEW
LOCATIONS MAY REPORT WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES AS
WELL AS POWER OUTAGE WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY TO 60 MPH.
THESE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
ROCK SPRINGS...RICHARDSMERE AND CONOWINGO AROUND 1020 PM EDT.
RISING SUN AND FARMINGTON AROUND 1025 PM EDT.
CALVERT...ROCK HALL...LOMBARD AND ZION AROUND 1030 PM EDT.
LANGFORD...BLAKE...FAIR HILL...NEWTOWN AND ANDORA AROUND 1035 PM EDT.
CHESTERTOWN...ROMANCOKE...KEMBLESVILLE...GLEN WESTOVER...OLD TOWN AND
APPLETON AROUND 1040 PM EDT.
NEWARK...TALBOT...CHURCH HILL...NORTH STAR...MORGNEC...PIKE CREEK...
KENNEDYVILLE AND STARKEY CORNER AROUND 1045 PM EDT.
ELSMERE...NEWPORT...ST. MICHAELS...GREENVILLE...CRUMPTON...COPPERVILLE
AND STANTON AROUND 1050 PM EDT.
WILMINGTON...EASTON...PENNSVILLE...NEW CASTLE...MILLINGTON...
SUDLERSVILLE...MASSEY AND WILMINGTON MANOR AROUND 1055 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SHOWERS INCLUDE LITTLE CREEK...
RIVERVIEW...TOWNSEND...HENDERSON...QUEENSTOWN...KINGSTOWN...ODESSA...
WENONAH...BARCLAY AND GREENWOOD.
IT IS ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN THIS
POTENT SITUATION.
THESE SHOWERS 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 3879 7620 3879 7619 3896 7625
3884 7637 3885 7638 3901 7621 3917 7628
3952 7598 3972 7623 3981 7502 3927 7522
3947 7554 3972 7551 3962 7561 3904 7536
3869 7563 3871 7634
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 268DEG 47KT 3978 7650 3921 7679 3879 7707
$$
DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Apr 2, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Apr 2, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 min | |
| Apr 3, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Apr 3, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 21 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 8 min |
| Apr 3, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 33 min | |
| Apr 3, 5:45 AM EDT | Low Water Advisory | PHI | 9 hr | |
| Apr 3, 11:34 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:37 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 4 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT | Low Water Advisory | PHI | 113 min | |
| Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 5 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2016Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2016Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.