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 Aug 3, 2017, 2:26 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 49 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, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
078 WWUS81 KPHI 031826 SPSPHI Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 226 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 DEZ002-003-031915- Inland Sussex-Kent- 226 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENT COUNTIES... At 225 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Ellendale, or 10 miles northwest of Georgetown. The storm is nearly stationary. Winds up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Milford, Harrington, Milton, Ellendale, Greenwood, Houston and Farmington. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 3871 7545 3883 7562 3900 7550 3882 7524 TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 222DEG 3KT 3883 7548 $$ CMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Philadelphia | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 21 min |
| Aug 3, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 7:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 3 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.