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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 5, 2022Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2022, 8:01 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 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 5, 2022, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2022, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2022-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1686 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 2022-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1686 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

434 
WWUS81 KPHI 060001
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
801 PM EDT Fri Aug 5 2022
 
MDZ019-020-060030-
Talbot MD-Caroline MD-
801 PM EDT Fri Aug 5 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Talbot
and southwestern Caroline Counties through 830 PM EDT...

At 801 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Oxford to near Secretary. Movement was
east at 20 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...
Easton, Trappe, Oxford, Hambleton, Choptank and Windyhill. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3863 7608 3862 7611 3864 7613 3864 7615
      3869 7619 3868 7619 3867 7620 3871 7621
      3871 7622 3870 7623 3872 7624 3878 7611
      3869 7592 3866 7596 3860 7599 3857 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 248DEG 17KT 3867 7620 3857 7599 

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

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer36 min
Aug 5, 9:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer3 hr
Aug 5, 10:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer2 hr
Aug 5, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer33 min
Aug 6, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI13 min
Aug 6, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May27 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May37 min
Aug 5, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks39 min
Aug 5, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's43 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.