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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2018Caroline County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 8:51 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2018, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2018, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Caroline County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1899 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted.

945 
WWUS81 KPHI 080051
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
851 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018

MDZ015-019-020-080130-
Queen Anne's-Talbot-Caroline-
851 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TALBOT...SOUTHEASTERN
QUEEN ANNE'S AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 850 PM EDT, radar indicated that strong thunderstorms were 
located along a line extending from near Skipton to near Trappe. 
Movement was northeast around 25 mph.

Winds up to 35 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations that may be impacted include...

Easton, Denton, Federalsburg, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Trappe, 
Preston, Oxford, Goldsboro, Queen Anne, Smithville, Starr, Jumptown, 
Agner, Choptank, Windyhill, Tanyard, Harmony and Skipton.

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3863 7608 3862 7612 3864 7615 3867 7618
      3897 7611 3914 7576 3865 7572 3869 7577
      3868 7580 3870 7580 3871 7584 3870 7590
      3866 7596 3860 7599 3857 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 232DEG 26KT 3890 7606 3850 7616 

$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth47 min
Aug 7, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer44 min
Aug 7, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth114 min
Aug 7, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth4 hr
Aug 7, 11:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland27 min
Aug 8, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic67 min
Aug 8, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex35 min
Aug 8, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester43 min
Aug 8, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester35 min
Aug 8, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle37 min
Aug 7, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot50 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.