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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 22, 2023Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot 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: Apr 22, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2023, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

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

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 12:00Z, 7.4 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

950 
WWUS81 KPHI 221925
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
325 PM EDT Sat Apr 22 2023
 
MDZ012-015-019-222000-
Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Kent MD-
325 PM EDT Sat Apr 22 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Talbot,
central Queen Anne's and western Kent Counties through 400 PM EDT...

At 325 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from White Marsh to near Flag Harbor. Movement was
northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Talbot, Chestertown, Centreville, St. Michaels, Oxford, Old
Town, Grasonville, Tilghman Island, Copperville, Langford, Chester,
Newtown, Overton, Wye Mills and Queenstown.

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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for
eastern and northeastern Maryland.

&&

LAT...LON 3886 7626 3886 7625 3879 7620 3881 7620
      3897 7625 3891 7631 3893 7632 3884 7637
      3885 7638 3907 7623 3925 7623 3937 7606
      3869 7608 3864 7615 3877 7624 3876 7632
      3867 7634 3868 7635 3877 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 221DEG 38KT 3938 7643 3850 7646 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

RCM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:23 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		17 hr
Apr 22, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		59 min
Apr 22, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren	38 min
Apr 22, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Apr 22, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	49 min
Apr 22, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	26 min
Apr 22, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer	28 min
Apr 22, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	39 min
Apr 22, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	12 min
Apr 22, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	30 min
Apr 22, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	16 min
Apr 22, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 3 more	53 min
Apr 22, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	44 min
Apr 22, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh	41 min
Apr 22, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	27 min
Apr 22, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	45 min
Apr 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	32 min
Apr 22, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	31 min
Apr 22, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	52 min
Apr 22, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	34 min
Apr 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Talbot	38 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.