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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 2016Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 12:08 AM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 5, 2016, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

765 
WWUS81 KPHI 050408
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1208 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016
 
MDZ008-012-015-050500-
CECIL-KENT-QUEEN ANNE'S-
1208 AM EDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN KENT...SOUTH CENTRAL
CECIL...NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...

AT 1208 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ROCK HALL...OR 9
MILES EAST OF MILLERS ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHESTERTOWN...ROCK HALL...CHURCH HILL...CECILTON...MILLINGTON...
SUDLERSVILLE...BETTERTON...OLD TOWN...KENNEDYVILLE...NEWTOWN...
CRUMPTON...LANGFORD...MASSEY...STARKEY CORNER...MORGNEC...GALENA...
BARCLAY AND KINGSTOWN.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SHOWER IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

PEA SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3926 7622 3929 7617 3932 7618 3934 7616
      3933 7614 3937 7611 3937 7606 3938 7605
      3942 7582 3913 7579 3911 7624 3915 7628
      3917 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 263DEG 38KT 3922 7624 
$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland39 min
Jul 5, 3:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland37 min
Jul 5, 3:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland49 min
Jul 5, 3:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more6 hr
Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer13 hr
Jul 5, 2:55 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer13 hr
Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Montgomery51 min
Jul 5, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent44 min
Jul 5, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.