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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2016Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2016, 11:06 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 24 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 19, 2016, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2016-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 965 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

801 
WWUS81 KPHI 200306
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1106 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016
 
MDZ015-019-200330-
TALBOT-QUEEN ANNE'S-
1106 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN TALBOT AND
SOUTHWESTERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

AT 1105 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SOUTH RIVER...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALBOT...ROMANCOKE...ST. MICHAELS...CHESTER...COPPERVILLE...
GRASONVILLE...WYE MILLS...STEVENSVILLE SOUTH AND DOMINION.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3899 7633 3897 7622 3898 7606 3871 7613
      3876 7622 3877 7633 3886 7626 3879 7620
      3879 7619 3894 7621 3897 7625 3891 7624
      3892 7625 3894 7628 3889 7629 3896 7631
      3891 7634 3887 7633 3884 7637 3885 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 281DEG 14KT 3890 7643 
$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 20, 2:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jul 20, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 20, 3:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester52 min
Jul 20, 3:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI46 min
Jul 20, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI91 min
Jul 20, 3:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland86 min
Jul 19, 11:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's37 min
Jul 19, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot60 min
Jul 19, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Jul 19, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's49 min
Jul 20, 12:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr
Jul 20, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline44 min
Jul 20, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's43 min
Jul 20, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline49 min
Jul 20, 1:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's46 min
Jul 20, 1:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline43 min
Jul 20, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex40 min
Jul 20, 1:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex22 min
Jul 20, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex35 min
Jul 20, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex56 min
Jul 20, 2:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 min
Jul 20, 3:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex33 min
Jul 20, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex49 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.