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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2016, 5:03 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 72 min. 2 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
- May 23, 2016, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 5:17 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Centreville, MD | |
| May 23, 5:21 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Centreville, MD |
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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KPHI 232103
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
503 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
MDZ012-015-019-020-232215-
CAROLINE-TALBOT-KENT-QUEEN ANNE'S-
503 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN KENT...CENTRAL
QUEEN ANNE'S...NORTH CENTRAL CAROLINE AND NORTHERN TALBOT COUNTIES...
AT 502 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CHURCH HILL...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTERVILLE...CENTREVILLE...CHURCH HILL...OLD TOWN...STARR...CARVILLE...
HOPE...STARKEY CORNER...WYE MILLS AND QUEENSTOWN.
LAT...LON 3921 7589 3903 7586 3889 7616 3899 7619
3900 7617 3902 7620 3914 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 071DEG 4KT 3910 7595
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more | 79 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 2 more | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 6 hr | |
| May 23, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 23, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 55 min |
| May 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 61 min |
| May 23, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Talbot | 66 min |
| May 23, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 47 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.