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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 2017Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2017, 4:22 AM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2017, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2017-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 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 2017-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

497 
WWUS81 KPHI 050822
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
422 AM EDT WED JUL 5 2017

DEZ002-MDZ015-020-050900-
Kent-Queen Anne's-Caroline-
422 AM EDT WED JUL 5 2017

...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN KENT...EAST CENTRAL 
QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 419 AM EDT, a cluster of showers was located over Hartly, or 9 
miles west of Dover, moving northeast at 10 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Dover, Goldsboro, Hartly, Hazlettville, Sandtown, Wyoming, Kenton,
Henderson, Marydel, Templeville and Rodney Village.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm...and may cause 
ponding on roadways and poor drainage areas. Do not drive your 
vehicle through flooded roadways.

Occasional cloud to ground lightning may develop with these showers. 
Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. If you see 
lightning or hear thunder seek a safe shelter inside a building or 
vehicle.

LAT...LON 3898 7580 3908 7591 3929 7571 3915 7550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 217DEG 7KT 3916 7570 

$$

Robertson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester2 hr
Jul 5, 5:32 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI6 hr

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.