Alert archive / Delaware / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2017, 9:02 AM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2017, 9:02 AM EDT (13:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2017, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County New Castle County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
447
WWUS81 KPHI 141302
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
902 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ016-PAZ070-101-102-141330-
New Castle-Cecil-Salem-Delaware-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-
902 AM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NEW CASTLE...
NORTHEASTERN CECIL...NORTHWESTERN SALEM...SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTER AND
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
At 901 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over West Grove, or
10 miles north of Newark, moving east at 25 mph.
Winds up to 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Newark, Pennsville, Carneys Point, Elsmere, Kennett
Square, New Castle, Penns Grove, West Grove, Newport, Arden, Stanton,
North Star, Talleyville, Wilmington Manor, Elam, Pike Creek, Glen
Westover, Ashland and Greenville.
Brief torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3993 7587 3984 7541 3960 7554 3960 7555
3962 7557 3966 7552 3969 7551 3971 7549
3972 7551 3967 7555 3962 7562 3976 7595
TIME...MOT...LOC 1301Z 290DEG 23KT 3982 7583
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 8:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 14 min |
| Jul 13, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min | |
| Jul 13, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 93 min | |
| Jul 14, 7:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 11 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 12 min |
| Jul 14, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 4:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Jul 14, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 13 min |
| Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 min | |
| Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 97 min | |
| Jul 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 10:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 12:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cecil | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Talbot | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Queen Anne's | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 5:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Talbot | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Caroline | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 60 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.