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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 23, 2016Queen Anne's County, Maryland

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 5:17 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Centreville, MD
May 23, 5:21 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Centreville, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

183 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more79 min
May 23, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 2 more31 min
May 23, 7:01 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI6 hr
May 23, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery61 min
May 23, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester55 min
May 23, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot61 min
May 23, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot66 min
May 23, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot47 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.