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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2023, 1:21 AM EDT for Kent County, Delaware; Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2023, 1:21 AM EDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2023, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Kent County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KPHI 160521
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
121 AM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023
DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-160545-
Inland Sussex DE-Kent DE-Queen Anne's MD-Talbot MD-Kent MD-
Caroline MD-
121 AM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Sussex,
southwestern Kent, northern Talbot, Queen Anne's, Caroline and
southwestern Kent Counties through 145 AM EDT...
At 120 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wye Mills, or near Centerville, moving northeast at 30 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...
Dover, Easton, Centerville, Talbot, Chestertown, Denton, Centreville,
Harrington, Camden, Greensboro, Oakland, Ridgely, Rock Hall, St.
Michaels, Church Hill, Sudlersville, Goldsboro, Queen Anne, Woodside
and Viola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 7636 3903 7632 3897 7622 3900 7617
3901 7620 3901 7621 3915 7628 3924 7623
3916 7542 3876 7565 3879 7631 3885 7627
3881 7620 3897 7625 3891 7624 3896 7631
3884 7637 3884 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 205DEG 24KT 3895 7608
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 42 min | |
| Jul 16, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 4:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 5:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 5:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 5:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset, Sussex | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jul 16, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 5:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Morris | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 7:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 16, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 47 min | |
| Jul 16, 10:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 80 min |
| Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 72 min |
| Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 51 min | |
| Jul 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 10 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 10 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 19 min |
| Jul 15, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 95 min |
| Jul 16, 12:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 1:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 2:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 6:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks | 90 min |
| Jul 16, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 3:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 108 min |
| Jul 16, 12:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 71 min |
| Jul 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 116 min |
| Jul 16, 2:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 28 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.