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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2022Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2022, 1:54 AM EDT for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 36 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, 1:54 AM EDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2022, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 2022-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 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 00:00Z on 2022-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

051 
WWUS81 KPHI 020554
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
154 AM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022
 
DEZ002-003-MDZ015-019-020-020630-
Inland Sussex DE-Kent DE-Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Caroline MD-
154 AM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of west central Sussex,
Kent, northeastern Talbot, eastern Queen Anne's and Caroline Counties
through 230 AM EDT...

At 154 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Sudlersville to near Easton. Movement was east
at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Dover, Easton, Denton, Harrington, Camden, Federalsburg, Greensboro,
Oakland, Ridgely, Cheswold, Preston, Sudlersville, Goldsboro, Queen
Anne, Woodside, Viola, Hartly, Smithville, Starr and Hazlettville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3925 7589 3925 7584 3924 7580 3925 7576
      3926 7575 3930 7530 3866 7571 3869 7577
      3868 7580 3870 7580 3871 7584 3870 7590
      3869 7590 3874 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 271DEG 28KT 3919 7586 3880 7611 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

RCM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Aug 2, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem26 min
Aug 2, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem29 min
Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more7 days
Aug 2, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle29 min
Aug 2, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's35 min
Aug 2, 1:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's41 min

Nearby

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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.