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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 5, 2016Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2016, 4:05 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 40 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 5, 2016, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WWUS81 KPHI 052005
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
405 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
 
DEZ003-004-052045-
DELAWARE BEACHES-INLAND SUSSEX-
405 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 403 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER DELMAR...OR NEAR
SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLSBORO...LEWES...DAGSBORO...MILLVILLE...HENLOPEN ACRES...GUMBORO...LONG
NECK...OCEAN VIEW...FRANKFORD...SOUTH BETHANY AND DEWEY BEACH.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND
THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY...IMMEDIATELY MOVE
OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN DELAWARE.

LAT...LON 3846 7565 3848 7567 3879 7515 3879 7509
      3867 7507 3869 7508 3869 7514 3864 7513
      3862 7508 3866 7507 3861 7506 3859 7521
      3857 7518 3858 7507 3860 7509 3860 7506
      3846 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 236DEG 31KT 3845 7553 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic43 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren54 min
Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem52 min
Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset52 min
Jun 5, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem47 min
Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean42 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton86 min
Jun 5, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton46 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery38 min
Jun 5, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's50 min
Jun 5, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's39 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.