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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 2023Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2023, 5:30 PM EDT for Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 5, 2023, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1243 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     Flash Flood      Haddonfield             39.90N 75.03W
07/04/2023                   Camden             NJ   Law Enforcement

            Numerous road closures and multiple water
            assists across the Borough of Haddonfield
            due to flooded roadways reported by Law
            Enforcement. Multiple photos and videos
            shared via social media of flooded roadways
            in the area. Time estimated by radar.

&&

MJL

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
137 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

NJZ020-027-051800-
Ocean NJ-Southeastern Burlington NJ-
137 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Ocean
and east central Burlington Counties through 200 PM EDT...

At 137 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Chatsworth, or 19 miles southwest of Toms River, moving northwest at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Brookville, Chatsworth, Old Halfway, Warren Grove, Penn State Forest
and Ocean Acres.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3975 7428 3967 7451 3983 7464 3994 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 153DEG 7KT 3982 7448

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MLB

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
218 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

MDZ015-019-020-051845-
Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Caroline MD-
218 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Talbot,
south central Queen Anne's and west central Caroline Counties through
245 PM EDT...

At 218 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wye Mills, or near Centerville, moving north at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Queen Anne, Jumptown, Wye Mills, Starr, Skipton, Cordova, Queenstown
and Hillsboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3904 7590 3886 7592 3885 7615 3898 7619
      3900 7617 3901 7619 3902 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 172DEG 5KT 3894 7606

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MLB

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
308 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

DEZ002-MDZ015-020-051945-
Kent DE-Queen Anne's MD-Caroline MD-
308 PM EDT Wed Jul 5 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Kent,
southeastern Queen Anne's and northeastern Caroline Counties through
345 PM EDT...

At 308 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Greensboro, or 15 miles east of Centerville, moving north at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Denton, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Goldsboro, Jumptown, Griffin,
Sandtown, Hope, Hillsboro and Henderson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3890 7562 3885 7592 3906 7600 3912 7566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 163DEG 6KT 3898 7578

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MLB

Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:41 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean	7 hr
Jul 4, 10:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:21 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean	24 hr
Jul 5, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	23 min
Jul 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	34 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	33 min
Jul 5, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	4 hr
Jul 5, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester	30 min
Jul 5, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	107 min
Jul 5, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	27 min
Jul 5, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Caroline	37 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.