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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 7, 2018Caroline County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2018, 3:20 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 40 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
Sep 7, 2018, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Caroline County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2018-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1722 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 2018-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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968 
WWUS81 KPHI 071920
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
320 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2018

DEZ002-003-MDZ020-072000-
Inland Sussex-Kent-Caroline-
320 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT AND EAST CENTRAL CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 320 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Andrewsville,
or 17 miles northeast of Hurlock. The storm is nearly stationary.

Winds up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bridgeville, Smithville, Andrewsville, Greenwood and Farmington. 

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

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

LAT...LON 3881 7583 3895 7569 3887 7546 3866 7567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 308DEG 2KT 3884 7569 

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Gorse

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 4:22 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI35 hr
Sep 7, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May46 min
Sep 7, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May31 min
Sep 7, 1:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May3 hr
Sep 7, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May30 min
Sep 7, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic37 min
Sep 7, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic50 min
Sep 7, 3:36 PM EDTGale WatchPHI24 hr
Sep 7, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI46 min
Sep 7, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden43 min
Sep 7, 6:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester4 hr
Sep 7, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden52 min
Sep 7, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester56 min
Sep 7, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex44 min
Sep 7, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
Sep 7, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex2 hr
Sep 7, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex41 min
Sep 7, 4:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Sussex94 min
Sep 7, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent47 min
Sep 7, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent39 min
Sep 6, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent33 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.