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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 27, 2021Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 11:19 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. 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 27, 2021, 11:19 PM EDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2567 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
2567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

208 
WWUS81 KPHI 280319
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1119 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
MDZ019-280345-
Talbot MD-
1119 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Talbot
County through 1145 PM EDT...

At 1118 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Oxford, or 7 miles northwest of Cambridge, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 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, Trappe, Oxford and Hambleton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3863 7608 3864 7615 3868 7618 3868 7620
      3871 7621 3871 7624 3872 7624 3879 7598
      3876 7598 3876 7600 3874 7599 3873 7601
      3869 7598 3860 7599 3857 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0318Z 258DEG 15KT 3865 7614 

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

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 10:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May119 min
Aug 28, 3:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester2 hr
Aug 28, 3:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Aug 28, 8:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon3 hr
Aug 28, 11:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester3 hr
Aug 28, 11:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May3 hr
Aug 28, 2:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks2 hr
Aug 28, 4:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks3 hr
Aug 28, 9:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Northampton3 hr
Aug 27, 8:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent31 min
Aug 27, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent33 min
Aug 27, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent41 min
Aug 27, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle36 min
Aug 27, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent31 min
Aug 28, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex37 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.