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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 25, 2021Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 25, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2021, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 25, 5:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 45	2 S Tilghman Island, MD	BLACKWALNUT HARBOR WEATHERFLOW.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

748 
WWUS81 KPHI 252106
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
506 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021
 
MDZ015-019-020-252145-
Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Caroline MD-
506 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Talbot, southwestern
Queen Anne's and southwestern Caroline Counties through 545 PM EDT...

At 504 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Breezy Point to Cambridge. Movement was north
at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. Numerous measured wind gusts of around 40 
         mph have also been observed with these storms.

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

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Talbot, Ridgely, Trappe, St. Michaels, Oxford, Queen Anne,
Grasonville, Starr, Copperville, Jumptown, Windyhill, Tanyard,
Tilghman Island, Stevensville, Skipton, Chester, Matthews, Wye Mills
and Hambleton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3892 7637 3904 7631 3897 7622 3902 7618
      3895 7586 3859 7599 3864 7615 3876 7622
      3871 7628 3878 7629 3876 7632 3867 7634
      3875 7637 3886 7626 3883 7619 3897 7625
      3891 7631 3896 7631 3884 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 190DEG 38KT 3863 7648 3858 7607 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 3:12 AM EDT	Gale Watch	PHI		13 hr
Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Gale Warning	PHI		46 hr
Oct 25, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Oct 25, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	33 min
Oct 25, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Salem	42 min
Oct 25, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Salem	43 min
Oct 25, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	26 min
Oct 25, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Delaware	48 min
Oct 25, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	47 min
Oct 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	30 min
Oct 25, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	33 min
Oct 25, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.