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Special Marine Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2021

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at Jun 21, 2021, 8:31 PM EDT. It was in force for 59 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
Jun 21, 2021, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 mph

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1131 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

757 
WHUS51 KPHI 220031
SMWPHI
ANZ430-431-453>455-473-475-220130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.MA.W.0050.210622T0031Z-210622T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
831 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Delaware Bay...
  Coastal and outer waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island
  DE...

* Until 930 PM EDT.

* At 830 PM EDT, showers were located near Brandywine Shoal Light, 
  moving southeast at 40 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Five Fathoms Buoy, Buoy 2fb, Brown Shoal Light, Buoy 4fb, Buoy 3fb,
  Fourteen Foot Bank Light, Slaughter Beach, Cape Henlopen, East
  Point, Rehoboth Beach, Cape May Point, Miah Maull Light, Brandywine
  Shoal Light, Indian River Inlet Bridge, Wildwood, Overfalls Shoal,
  28-
  Mile Wreck, Cape May Reef, Bethany Beach and Delaware Lightship
  Buoy 44009.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3849 7509 3853 7514 3855 7530 3864 7530
      3864 7524 3875 7520 3876 7529 3883 7529
      3896 7541 3900 7540 3927 7513 3926 7507
      3928 7506 3914 7483 3889 7385 3876 7400
      3870 7415 3861 7417 3851 7426 3826 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 297DEG 38KT 3904 7500 

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren62 min
Jun 21, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI29 min
Jun 22, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min
Jun 22, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI114 min
Jun 22, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 22, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jun 22, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Jun 22, 3:05 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Jun 22, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI68 min
Jun 21, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent47 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.