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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
RCMThe 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, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 35 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.