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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2019, 5:16 PM EDT for Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 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, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2019, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Wicomico County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
449
WWUS81 KPHI 092116
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
516 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019
DEZ003-092145-
Inland Sussex-
516 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...
At 516 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Sharptown, or
12 miles east of Hurlock, moving east at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Laurel, Sycamore and Bethel.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3851 7570 3859 7570 3869 7544 3845 7544
3845 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 265DEG 21KT 3857 7566
$$
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, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Wicomico | 11 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.