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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, 9:47 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 28 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, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

As transmitted.

475 
WWUS81 KPHI 060147
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
947 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
 
DEZ003-060215-
INLAND SUSSEX-
947 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

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

AT 946 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LAUREL...OR 10 MILES
NORTH OF SALISBURY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILLSBORO...LAUREL...DELMAR...SELBYVILLE...DAGSBORO...GUMBORO...SYCAMORE...
FRANKFORD AND BETHEL.

LAT...LON 3845 7559 3846 7566 3858 7569 3870 7526
      3845 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 258DEG 22KT 3852 7558 
$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's31 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.