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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Nov 6, 2018, 12:13 PM EST for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 62 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
- Nov 6, 2018, 12:13 PM EST (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2018, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
581
WWUS81 KPHI 061713
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1213 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2018
DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-061815-
Kent-Queen Anne's-Talbot-Caroline-
1213 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2018
...A LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT KENT...TALBOT...SOUTHEASTERN
QUEEN ANNE'S AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...
At 1211 PM EST, radar indicated gusty showers were located along a
line extending from Smyrna to Talbot to near Breezy Point to near
Sheridan Point. Movement was east at 40 mph.
Winds up to 45 mph are possible along portions of the line, and a
thunderstorm could develop anytime.
Locations impacted include...
Dover, Easton, Talbot, Smyrna, Denton, Harrington, Camden, Clayton,
Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Cheswold, Trappe, St. Michaels,
Preston, Oxford, Goldsboro, Queen Anne, Woodside and Viola.
Brief heavy rain is also occurring, and may cause localized
flooding.
LAT...LON 3876 7633 3883 7630 3885 7627 3879 7620
3890 7620 3929 7566 3936 7549 3925 7540
3906 7541 3866 7596 3860 7599 3858 7605
3869 7619 3868 7619 3867 7620 3876 7622
3872 7630 3878 7629 3867 7634 3876 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 255DEG 34KT 3932 7559 3883 7625 3866 7648 3841
7664
$$
GorseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 4:32 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 11 hr |
| Nov 6, 11:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 6, 12:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 52 min |
| Nov 6, 1:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 39 min |
| Nov 6, 1:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 32 min | |
| Nov 6, 1:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 60 min |
| Nov 6, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 2:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 65 min |
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.