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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 5, 2022Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2022, 8:02 PM EDT for Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 43 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, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2022, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

146 
WWUS81 KPHI 060002
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
802 PM EDT Fri Aug 5 2022
 
MDZ012-015-019-060045-
Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Kent MD-
802 PM EDT Fri Aug 5 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Talbot,
southwestern Queen Anne's and southwestern Kent Counties through 845
PM EDT...

At 802 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Parole to near Tilghman Island. Movement was
northeast at 15 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, Talbot, Romancoke, St. Michaels, Chester, Overton,
Grasonville, Tilghman Island, Stevensville, Copperville, Queenstown
and Stevensville South.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 7626 3886 7625 3879 7620 3879 7619
      3894 7621 3884 7638 3895 7636 3918 7627
      3901 7617 3903 7631 3901 7630 3900 7616
      3880 7605 3872 7630 3877 7630 3867 7634
      3877 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 223DEG 13KT 3897 7654 3873 7642 

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, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot29 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.