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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 2022Kent County, Maryland

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Jul 5, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex33 min
Jul 5, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex42 min
Jul 5, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex50 min
Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot40 min
Jul 5, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's26 min
Jul 5, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline27 min
Jul 5, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot25 min
Jul 5, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot12 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.