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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2019, 5:04 PM EDT for Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 11 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 9, 2019, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2019, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Wicomico County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
921
WWUS81 KPHI 092104
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
504 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019
DEZ003-092115-
Inland Sussex-
504 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
At 504 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Sharptown, or 8
miles southeast of Hurlock, moving east at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Blades and Bethel.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3858 7570 3861 7571 3864 7558 3846 7564
3846 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 276DEG 26KT 3856 7575
$$
MPSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Wicomico | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Wicomico | 29 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.