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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2022, 5:13 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 5, 2022, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2022, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Kent County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
004
WWUS81 KPHI 052113
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
513 PM EDT Tue Jul 5 2022
MDZ012-052200-
Kent MD-
513 PM EDT Tue Jul 5 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Kent
County through 600 PM EDT...
At 513 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Perryman, or near Aberdeen Proving Ground, moving east at 15 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...
Betterton, Newtown and Kennedyville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3934 7616 3933 7614 3934 7614 3937 7611
3937 7606 3938 7606 3938 7599 3936 7598
3926 7600 3929 7617 3932 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 274DEG 11KT 3938 7620
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
StaarmannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min | |
| Jul 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 12 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.