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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 12, 2020Caroline County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2020, 4:02 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 28 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 12, 2020, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Caroline County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1590 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

919 
WWUS81 KPHI 122002
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
402 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2020

MDZ019-020-122030-
Talbot-Caroline-
402 PM EDT Wed Aug 12 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TALBOT AND CENTRAL
CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 402 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Matthews, or 7
miles northeast of Easton. The storm is nearly stationary.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Denton, Ridgely, Preston, Queen Anne, Matthews, Harmony,
Griffin, Cordova, Agner and Hillsboro.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 3881 7608 3892 7605 3893 7599 3892 7595
      3893 7595 3896 7573 3884 7573 3870 7583
      3870 7588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 200DEG 3KT 3882 7594 

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth24 min
Aug 12, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington29 min
Aug 12, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington42 min
Aug 12, 12:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more3 hr
Aug 12, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean45 min
Aug 12, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington3 hr
Aug 12, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean48 min
Aug 12, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean50 min
Aug 12, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester51 min
Aug 12, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean48 min
Aug 12, 2:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester3 hr
Aug 12, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean25 min
Aug 12, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester46 min
Aug 12, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem29 min
Aug 12, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Aug 12, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia27 min
Aug 12, 1:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware2 hr
Aug 12, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia21 min
Aug 12, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware29 min
Aug 12, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester108 min
Aug 12, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHILehigh, Northampton56 min
Aug 12, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks51 min
Aug 12, 12:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle3 hr
Aug 12, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent35 min
Aug 12, 1:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle3 hr
Aug 12, 1:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle3 hr
Aug 12, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent52 min
Aug 12, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Sussex3 hr
Aug 12, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex45 min
Aug 12, 3:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent3 hr
Aug 12, 3:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Sussex3 hr
Aug 12, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent30 min
Aug 12, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICaroline, Talbot3 hr
Aug 12, 4:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent54 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.