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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 28, 2021Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2021, 12:08 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 37 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 28, 2021, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.

246 
WWUS81 KPHI 280408
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1208 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021
 
DEZ003-MDZ020-280445-
Inland Sussex DE-Caroline MD-
1208 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Sussex
and southeastern Caroline Counties through 1245 AM EDT...

At 1207 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Federalsburg, or 7 miles east of Hurlock, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Seaford, Laurel, Federalsburg, Bridgeville, Blades, Greenwood and
Bethel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3846 7569 3865 7571 3869 7577 3868 7580
      3870 7580 3871 7584 3870 7587 3884 7559
      3846 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 243DEG 22KT 3862 7573 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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 27, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot26 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.