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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2016, 6:56 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 15, 2016, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898
WWUS81 KPHI 152256
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
656 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
MDZ012-015-019-160000-
TALBOT-KENT-QUEEN ANNE'S-
656 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT KENT...NORTH CENTRAL
TALBOT AND CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...
AT 654 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS CENTRAL
MARYLAND AND IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. THEY WILL CROSS THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY SHORTY AND WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES BY 800
PM. IF THE STORMS DO NOT WEAKEN...YOU CAN EXPECT WARNINGS TO BE
ISSUED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...CENTERVILLE...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...ROCK HALL...
CHURCH HILL...OLD TOWN...STARR...COPPERVILLE...SKIPTON...WYE MILLS...
CHESTER...CARVILLE...OVERTON...LANGFORD...STARKEY CORNER...
GRASONVILLE...MORGNEC...CORDOVA AND QUEENSTOWN.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3915 7628 3926 7622 3928 7594 3878 7601
3881 7620 3885 7620 3886 7626 3888 7620
3897 7625 3891 7624 3894 7627 3890 7628
3891 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 278DEG 26KT 3911 7660
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 87 min | |
| Aug 14, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 10:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 17 min |
| Aug 15, 3:21 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 37 hr | |
| Aug 14, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 24 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.