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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2017Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2017, 8:47 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 43 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, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2017, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1860 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

302 
WWUS81 KPHI 200047
SPSPHI

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

DEZ002-003-MDZ015-019-020-200130-
Inland Sussex-Kent-Queen Anne's-Talbot-Caroline-
847 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX...
KENT...TALBOT...EASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 846 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Sudlersville to Tanyard. Movement
was east at 20 mph.

Winds up to 50 mph and dime size hail are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Dover, Easton, Centerville, Seaford, Denton, Centreville, Harrington,
Camden, Federalsburg, Bridgeville, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely,
Cheswold, Trappe, Church Hill, Preston, Oxford, Sudlersville and
Goldsboro.

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 3917 7602 3927 7541 3861 7559 3862 7571
      3869 7577 3868 7580 3870 7580 3871 7584
      3868 7594 3864 7597 3866 7617 3868 7617
      3867 7620 3868 7621 3871 7622 3871 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 267DEG 16KT 3911 7589 3874 7599 

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CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
May 19, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland50 min
May 19, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot32 min
May 19, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's24 min
May 20, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline21 min
May 19, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent36 min
May 19, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
May 19, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2017Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.