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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 10, 2021Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 7:12 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 33 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: Aug 10, 2021, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

401 
WWUS81 KPHI 102312
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
712 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
MDZ012-015-019-020-102345-
Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Kent MD-Caroline MD-
712 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Talbot,
Queen Anne's, west central Caroline and Kent Counties through 745 PM
EDT...

At 712 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Bowleys Quarters to near Shady Side.
Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Centerville, Talbot, Chestertown, Centreville, Rock Hall, St.
Michaels, Church Hill, Millington, Sudlersville, Queen Anne, Old
Town, Grasonville, Starr, Copperville, Jumptown, Newtown, Morgnec,
Crumpton and Sassafras.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3902 7632 3897 7622 3900 7617 3901 7620
      3917 7628 3932 7618 3938 7578 3875 7598
      3878 7629 3873 7633 3875 7638 3886 7626
      3879 7620 3879 7619 3897 7625 3893 7631
      3895 7631 3884 7637 3885 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 256DEG 32KT 3929 7629 3879 7646 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 1:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	28 min
Aug 10, 3:33 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 5 more	4 days
Aug 10, 3:33 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem and 2 more	4 days
Aug 10, 3:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic	80 min
Aug 10, 4:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington	60 min
Aug 10, 5:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer	2 hr
Aug 10, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	38 min
Aug 10, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	23 min
Aug 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		26 min
Aug 10, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Somerset, Warren	25 min
Aug 10, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Warren	51 min
Aug 10, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	30 min
Aug 10, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren	32 min
Aug 10, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris	33 min
Aug 10, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	31 min
Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		66 min
Aug 10, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	33 min
Aug 9, 10:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon	3 hr
Aug 10, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	24 min
Aug 10, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	27 min
Aug 10, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh	23 min
Aug 10, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	44 min
Aug 10, 4:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe and 2 more	42 min
Aug 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia	34 min
Aug 10, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	35 min
Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester	39 min
Aug 10, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	65 min
Aug 10, 7:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Chester	51 min
Aug 10, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	33 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.