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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 15, 2018Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware; Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2018, 11:39 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware; Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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
Oct 15, 2018, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2018, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Kent County, MD, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

849 
WWUS81 KPHI 160339
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1139 PM EDT MON OCT 15 2018

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ016-017-021-160415-
Kent-New Castle-Queen Anne's-Cecil-Kent-Salem-Cumberland-Gloucester-
1139 PM EDT MON OCT 15 2018

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NEW CASTLE...NORTHWESTERN KENT...
NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S...KENT...SOUTHEASTERN CECIL...NORTHWESTERN
CUMBERLAND...SALEM AND CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...

At 1139 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Wilmington Manor to Newtown. Movement was east at
35 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Middletown, Elkton, Glassboro, Pennsville, Smyrna,
Carneys Point, New Castle, Chestertown, Salem, Woodstown, Alloway,
Clayton, Quinton, Delaware City, Elmer, Newport, Cecilton, Millington
and Shiloh.

LAT...LON 3929 7617 3932 7618 3934 7616 3933 7614
      3937 7611 3937 7606 3942 7600 3948 7600
      3972 7561 3971 7552 3967 7555 3966 7553
      3971 7550 3968 7495 3915 7579 3926 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 280DEG 31KT 3967 7563 3932 7618 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth56 min
Oct 15, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Oct 16, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem44 min
Oct 16, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean49 min
Oct 16, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May38 min
Oct 16, 3:58 PM EDTGale WarningPHI40 hr
Oct 16, 3:58 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Oct 15, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia35 min
Oct 16, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2018Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2018Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.