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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 6:04 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 26 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 13, 2021, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
118
WWUS81 KPHI 132204
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
604 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
DEZ003-MDZ020-132230-
Inland Sussex DE-Caroline MD-
604 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Sussex
and southeastern Caroline Counties through 630 PM EDT...
At 603 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Seaford, or 9 miles west of Georgetown. This storm was nearly
stationary.
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...
Georgetown, Seaford, Laurel, Federalsburg, Bridgeville, Sycamore,
Blades, Greenwood and Bethel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
eastern Maryland.
&&
LAT...LON 3860 7571 3864 7571 3865 7572 3869 7577
3868 7578 3868 7580 3883 7559 3878 7545
3869 7530 3862 7533 3851 7558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 042DEG 4KT 3869 7557
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
NCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Aug 12, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 93 min |
| Aug 13, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 25 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.