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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2017Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 1:54 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 21 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
Aug 3, 2017, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2017, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2017-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 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 2017-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WWUS81 KPHI 031754
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
154 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017

DEZ003-004-031815-
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-
154 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017

...A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN SUSSEX 
COUNTY...

At 150 PM EDT, a rapidly developing thunderstorm was located near 
Georgetown, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Brief, gusty winds and torrential rainfall will likely occur with 
this storm.

Locations that may be impacted include... 

Georgetown, Millsboro, Lewes, Milton, Dagsboro, Henlopen Acres, Cape 
Henlopen State Park, Long Neck and Dewey Beach.

Torrential rainfall may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your 
vehicle through flooded roadways.

LAT...LON 3866 7550 3887 7526 3879 7516 3880 7509
      3867 7507 3869 7514 3864 7513 3862 7508
      3866 7507 3866 7506 3861 7507 3859 7518
      3859 7521 3857 7518 3860 7506 3858 7506
      3851 7538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 238DEG 12KT 3863 7536 

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer31 min
Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Aug 3, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem24 min
Aug 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean38 min
Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer4 hr
Aug 3, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer48 min
Aug 3, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset36 min
Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington39 min
Aug 3, 6:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden4 hr
Aug 3, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer55 min
Aug 3, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon66 min
Aug 3, 7:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer4 hr
Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer41 min
Aug 3, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris43 min
Aug 3, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Philadelphia44 min
Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware33 min
Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia30 min
Aug 3, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh41 min
Aug 3, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh44 min
Aug 3, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh38 min
Aug 2, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent37 min
Aug 2, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's34 min
Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline4 hr
Aug 3, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex33 min
Aug 3, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex45 min
Aug 3, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex49 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex46 min
Aug 3, 3:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Sussex4 hr
Aug 3, 4:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Sussex4 hr
Aug 3, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent29 min
Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex25 min
Aug 3, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr
Aug 3, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Aug 3, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex29 min
Aug 3, 7:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr

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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.