Alert archive / Delaware / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 3, 2021Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2021, 5:33 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2021, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2021-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 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 2021-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

990 
WWUS81 KPHI 032133
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
533 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ020-032215-
Inland Sussex-Kent-Delaware Beaches-Caroline-
533 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SUSSEX...SOUTH CENTRAL KENT AND
SOUTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 532 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Sycamore, or 10
miles southwest of Georgetown, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Georgetown, Milford, Seaford, Millsboro, Laurel, Harrington,
Federalsburg, Milton, Bridgeville, Delmar, Dagsboro, Ellendale,
Viola, Smithville, Gumboro, Andrewsville, Sycamore, Long Neck, Felton
and Blades.

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 3853 7570 3865 7571 3869 7577 3868 7578
      3868 7580 3906 7557 3864 7500 3845 7539
      3845 7558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 230DEG 47KT 3861 7555 

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem12 hr
Jun 3, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 3, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem42 min
Jun 3, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more38 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Jun 3, 7:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset3 hr
Jun 3, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean38 min
Jun 3, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks43 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks36 min
Jun 3, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester27 min
Jun 3, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 3, 5:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester108 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery115 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.