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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 15, 2022Kent County, Delaware

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.

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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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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 12:00Z on 2022-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic42 min
Jul 15, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington29 min
Jul 15, 5:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington110 min
Jul 15, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer27 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent45 min
Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex51 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex46 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.