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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2022, 3:25 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2022, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2022, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Kent County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
833
WWUS81 KPHI 151925
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
325 PM EDT Fri Jul 15 2022
DEZ002-152015-
Kent DE-
325 PM EDT Fri Jul 15 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Kent County
through 415 PM EDT...
At 325 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Woodside, or 8 miles southwest of Dover, moving east 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...
Dover, Camden, Bowers, Woodside, Viola, Rising Sun-Lebanon, Rising
Sun, Hazlettville, Dover Base Housing, Big Stone Beach, Dover
Speedway, Fortesque, Wyoming, Felton, Frederica, Magnolia, Little
Creek, Rodney Village, Kent Acres and Riverview.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3896 7569 3913 7574 3927 7522 3926 7520
3924 7519 3925 7518 3924 7517 3921 7516
3921 7517 3918 7514 3901 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 257DEG 23KT 3907 7562
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 42 min |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington | 110 min |
| Jul 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 46 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.