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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 10, 2021New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2021, 8:11 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 34 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, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County New Castle County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WWUS81 KPHI 110011
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
811 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
 
DEZ001-002-MDZ012-015-NJZ016-110045-
Kent DE-New Castle DE-Queen Anne's MD-Kent MD-Salem NJ-
811 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern New
Castle, northwestern Kent, northeastern Queen Anne's, northeastern
Kent and southwestern Salem Counties through 845 PM EDT...

At 811 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sassafras, or 7 miles southwest of Middletown, moving east at 30 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...
Dover, Middletown, Smyrna, Salem, Alloway, Camden, Clayton, Quinton,
Delaware City, Cheswold, Millington, Hartly, Woodland Beach, Hancocks
Bridge, Newport Meadows, Port Penn, Delaney Corner, Dover Speedway,
Saint Georges and Sassafras.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3937 7595 3936 7588 3938 7582 3938 7577
      3958 7578 3955 7534 3946 7538 3945 7541
      3943 7540 3942 7542 3940 7541 3909 7555
      3929 7598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 289DEG 25KT 3939 7582 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester43 min
Aug 10, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem42 min
Aug 10, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI79 min
Aug 10, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester2 hr
Aug 10, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland23 min
Aug 11, 2:56 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren12 hr
Aug 11, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex48 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren28 min
Aug 11, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 11, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Salem2 hr
Aug 11, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren41 min
Aug 11, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Aug 11, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Warren3 hr
Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris45 min
Aug 11, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer53 min
Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset48 min
Aug 11, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe44 min
Aug 11, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks47 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Aug 11, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks57 min
Aug 11, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Montgomery44 min
Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery49 min
Aug 11, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton42 min
Aug 10, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot32 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline32 min
Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's64 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.