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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 8, 2021Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT for Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 37 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
May 8, 2021, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

County Wicomico County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2021-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

576 
WWUS81 KAKQ 081908
SPSAKQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
308 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

MDZ021>023-081945-
Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-
308 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTY...

At 307 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Vienna, or 12
miles west of Salisbury, moving southeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this 
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Salisbury, Fruitland, Salisbury University, Hebron, Vienna,
Parsonsburg, Mardela Springs, Catchpenny, Salisbury-Wicomico, Eden,
Allen, Lakewood, Chesapeake Heights and Shad Point.

Strong wind gusts are possible with this storm. These wind gusts are
capable of knocking down tree limbs, small or weakened trees, and
blowing around trash cans, potted plants, lawn furniture, and other
light outdoor objects.

LAT...LON 3849 7570 3846 7569 3846 7562 3839 7545
      3828 7555 3828 7561 3825 7560 3823 7559
      3820 7562 3848 7591 3855 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 305DEG 32KT 3844 7580 

$$

Zimmerman

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ21 min
May 8, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ33 min
May 8, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
May 8, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester24 min
May 8, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester45 min
May 8, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester37 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.