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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2016, 9:06 PM EDT for Cecil 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 25, 2016, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Cecil County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
441
WWUS81 KPHI 260106
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
906 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
MDZ008-PAZ101-102-260130-
CECIL-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
906 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT CECIL
AND SOUTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 905 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER RISING SUN...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF HAVRE DE GRACE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKTON...CALVERT...OXFORD...NORTH EAST...RISING SUN...CHARLESTOWN...
ROCK SPRINGS...PLEASANT HILL...BLAKE...ANDORA...GLEN ROY...
RICHARDSMERE...WOODLAWN...APPLETON...CHERRY HILL...BAY VIEW...
LOMBARD...OCTORARO...FARMINGTON AND BARKSDALE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3972 7623 3972 7614 3974 7612 3973 7610
3979 7604 3973 7578 3972 7579 3962 7579
3948 7578 3960 7613 3966 7617 3968 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 287DEG 36KT 3969 7609
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 87 min | |
| Jul 25, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 9:41 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 9 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 44 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.