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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2021Caroline County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2021, 4:59 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 3, 2021, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Caroline County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2021-07-03Temperature 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 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

759 
WWUS81 KPHI 032059
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
459 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

DEZ002-003-MDZ020-032130-
Inland Sussex-Kent-Caroline-
459 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX...
SOUTHWESTERN KENT AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 458 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Greensboro, or
12 miles east of Centerville, moving southeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Denton, Federalsburg, Bridgeville, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely,
Goldsboro, Smithville, Jumptown, Agner, Andrewsville, Greenwood,
Hillsboro and Farmington.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3869 7577 3868 7578 3893 7595 3897 7593
      3898 7594 3908 7580 3881 7548 3866 7574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 323DEG 23KT 3897 7584 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

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Jul 3, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem47 min
Jul 3, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May43 min
Jul 3, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland37 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland45 min
Jul 3, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May36 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic2 hr
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIWarren3 hr
Jul 3, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware52 min
Jul 3, 2:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware2 hr
Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton2 hr
Jul 3, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle26 min
Jul 3, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex25 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.