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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, 6:31 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

825 
WWUS81 KPHI 032231
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service MOUNT HOLLY NJ
631 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017

DEZ003-032300-
Inland Sussex-
631 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY...

At 630 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Seaford, or 10
miles west of Georgetown. The storm is nearly stationary.

Winds up to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Seaford and Blades. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3860 7562 3867 7565 3871 7554 3865 7548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 237DEG 4KT 3866 7558 

$$

amc

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, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex21 min
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, 7:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 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.