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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2022Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2022, 1:10 AM EDT for Caroline County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 35 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: Aug 2, 2022, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2022, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

399 
WWUS81 KPHI 020510
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
110 AM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022
 
DEZ001-002-MDZ012-015-019-020-020545-
Kent DE-New Castle DE-Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Kent MD-Caroline MD-
110 AM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern New
Castle, northwestern Kent, northern Talbot, Queen Anne's, Caroline
and Kent Counties through 145 AM EDT...

At 109 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Betterton to near Overton to near Shady
Side. Movement was northeast at 45 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...
Easton, Centerville, Talbot, Smyrna, Chestertown, Denton,
Centreville, Romancoke, Clayton, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Rock
Hall, St. Michaels, Church Hill, Millington, Sudlersville, Betterton,
Goldsboro and Queen Anne.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3886 7626 3879 7620 3879 7619 3897 7625
      3884 7637 3885 7638 3895 7636 3903 7632
      3900 7617 3901 7620 3902 7621 3915 7628
      3932 7618 3938 7606 3941 7556 3876 7582
      3875 7637 3875 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 237DEG 41KT 3937 7612 3908 7626 3881 7646 

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

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 1:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
Aug 2, 2:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	26 min
Aug 2, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	29 min
Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	7 days
Aug 2, 1:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	29 min
Aug 2, 1:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	36 min
Aug 2, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's	41 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.