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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2017Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2017, 5:24 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 36 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
May 19, 2017, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 722 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 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
722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1200 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

968 
WWUS81 KPHI 192124
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
524 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

DEZ001-002-MDZ020-192200-
Kent-New Castle-Caroline-
524 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

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

At 524 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Hartly, or 11
miles west of Dover, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dover, Smyrna, Camden, Clayton, Cheswold, Hartly, Rising Sun-Lebanon,
Rising Sun, Hazlettville, Delaney Corner, Dover Base Housing, Dover
Speedway, Green Spring, Wyoming, Kenton, Magnolia, Little Creek,
Leipsic, Templeville and Rodney Village.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3914 7575 3931 7576 3933 7545 3925 7540
      3924 7541 3921 7539 3915 7541 3906 7541
      3913 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 274DEG 18KT 3922 7572 

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CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 4:02 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI65 hr
May 19, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean37 min
May 19, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
May 19, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden27 min
May 19, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
May 19, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
May 19, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
May 19, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil42 min
May 19, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil24 min
May 19, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent35 min
May 19, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent48 min
May 19, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot62 min
May 19, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle42 min

Nearby

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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.