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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2021Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 9:28 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 47 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, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Kent County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 909 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

630 
WWUS81 KPHI 220128
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
928 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

DEZ001-002-MDZ012-015-220215-
Kent-New Castle-Queen Anne's-Kent-
928 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE...
NORTHERN KENT...NORTHEASTERN QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTHEASTERN KENT
COUNTIES...

At 927 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Crumpton, or 16
miles southwest of Middletown, moving east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Dover, Middletown, Smyrna, Camden, Clayton, Cheswold, Millington,
Sudlersville, Hartly, Woodland Beach, Delaney Corner, Crumpton, Dover
Speedway, Sassafras, Green Spring, Massey, Dover Base Housing,
Townsend, Wyoming and Galena.

LAT...LON 3937 7595 3936 7588 3938 7582 3938 7577
      3944 7577 3945 7575 3945 7554 3924 7536
      3911 7536 3914 7575 3915 7594 3936 7598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 272DEG 20KT 3927 7592 

$$

NC

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, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 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, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent27 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.