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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2017Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2017, 10:32 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 58 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
Jun 21, 2017, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2017, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2017-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 239 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 2017-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

521 
WWUS81 KPHI 220232
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1032 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2017

DEZ003-004-220330-
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-
1032 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SUSSEX
COUNTY...

At 1031 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Sycamore to 6 miles east of
Millville. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Georgetown, Seaford, Millsboro, Laurel, Selbyville, Delmar, Dagsboro,
Millville, Gumboro, Sycamore, Long Neck, Ocean View, Blades,
Frankford, South Bethany and Bethel.

LAT...LON 3846 7566 3847 7568 3866 7571 3868 7514
      3864 7513 3863 7512 3868 7507 3862 7507
      3862 7511 3859 7521 3857 7518 3859 7514
      3858 7507 3860 7510 3861 7506 3860 7506
      3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 313DEG 32KT 3857 7547 3856 7501 

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May27 min
Jun 21, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jun 21, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 3:31 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean17 hr
Jun 22, 3:55 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI60 hr
Jun 21, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
Jun 21, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex29 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.