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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 2019Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2019, 8:13 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 31, 2019, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2019, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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: 137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

503 
WWUS81 KPHI 010013
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
813 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019

MDZ015-020-010045-
Queen Anne's-Caroline-
813 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S AND
NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 813 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Hope, or 7
miles northeast of Centerville, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Carville, Hope and Barclay. 

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3902 7600 3911 7602 3920 7580 3901 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 261DEG 13KT 3908 7593 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jul 31, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		49 min
Jul 31, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	42 min
Aug 1, 2:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Cumberland	66 min
Aug 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 1 more	12 hr
Aug 1, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	26 min
Aug 1, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Aug 1, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	42 min
Aug 1, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	29 min
Aug 1, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	47 min
Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	66 min
Jul 31, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	36 min
Jul 31, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	27 min
Jul 31, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	27 min
Aug 1, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	47 min
Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	51 min
Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	39 min
Aug 1, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	60 min
Aug 1, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, New Castle	54 min
Aug 1, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	34 min
Aug 1, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	New Castle	21 min
Aug 1, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	50 min
Aug 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	47 min
Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	14 min
Jul 31, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	30 min
Jul 31, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Caroline	28 min
Aug 1, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil	45 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.