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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2018Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2018, 5:03 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2018, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2018, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

429 
WWUS81 KPHI 022103
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
503 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018

MDZ008-012-015-022130-
Queen Anne's-Cecil-Kent-
503 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...KENT
AND SOUTH CENTRAL CECIL COUNTIES...

At 503 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Old Town, or 8
miles northwest of Centerville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Chestertown, Church Hill, Cecilton, Millington, Sudlersville, Old
Town, Langford, Starkey Corner, Morgnec, Massey, Crumpton,
Kennedyville, Galena, Barclay and Kingstown.

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

LAT...LON 3943 7590 3927 7575 3919 7576 3903 7614
      3918 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 236DEG 25KT 3916 7613 

$$

Kruzdlo

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 10:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	37 min
Aug 1, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Salem	20 min
Aug 2, 3:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	55 hr
Aug 2, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	34 min
Aug 2, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	36 min
Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	34 min
Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
Aug 1, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	61 min
Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh	66 min
Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	25 min
Aug 2, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	41 min
Aug 1, 10:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	47 min
Aug 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	24 min
Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	35 min
Aug 2, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	23 min
Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	26 min
Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	38 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.