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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 28, 2021Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 28, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2021-03-28Temperature 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°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 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WWUS81 KPHI 282354
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
754 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

DEZ003-004-290030-
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-
754 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT SUSSEX 
COUNTY...

At 753 PM EDT, an area of showers was located near Milton, or 10 
miles northeast of Georgetown, moving northeast at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 45 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Georgetown, Seaford, Millsboro, Laurel, Lewes, Milton, Bridgeville,
Dagsboro, Ellendale, Henlopen Acres, Cape Henlopen State Park,
Sycamore, Long Neck, Blades, Dewey Beach and Bethel.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3872 7571 3887 7527 3881 7507 3860 7503
      3846 7563 3846 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 240DEG 39KT 3882 7527 

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 2:39 AM EDTGale WarningPHI35 hr
Mar 28, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Mar 28, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren47 min
Mar 28, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Salem43 min
Mar 28, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset60 min
Mar 28, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean70 min
Mar 28, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI111 min
Mar 28, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks41 min
Mar 28, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon32 min
Mar 28, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh30 min
Mar 28, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester28 min
Mar 28, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery48 min
Mar 28, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery30 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.