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Special Marine Warning 30, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 12, 2002

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at May 12, 2002, 10:48 PM EDT. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2002, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2002, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at May 12, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
750 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

GOING TO UPDATE ZONES TO CLR THE WATCH IN THE PHL METRO AREA. ALSO
PCPN UPSTREAM IS PRETTY SPARSE AND WE/LL GO MORE OPTIM FOR THE NEAR
TERM...PCPN SHLD PICK UP LTR OVRNGT.

TFG

PREV AFD***********************************************************

CUR 12Z FCST PKG HAS CHANGED LTL FROM PREV RUNS. INIT CDFNT GETS TO
PHL TWD 12Z THIS MRNG B4 STALLING AND THEN 2NDRY LOW DVLPS IN
RESPONSE TO SHARPENING TROF TO OUR W. SOAKING RAINS APR LIKELY FOR
OUR CWA WHICH SHLD PUT ANOTHER DENT IN OUR DROUGHT. QUES THO WILL BE
WILL IT BE TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. RAIN SHLD END S TO N MON NGT
WITH THE CHC OF SOME INSTAB SHRAS UP N ON TUE.

SWRN THIRD OF OUR CWA APRS TO BE UNDER THE GUN FOR THE THREAT FOR
SVR WX LATER THIS AFTN AND FIRST HALF OF THIS EVE. WIND FIELD INCRS
AS THE DAY WEARS ON WITH LLJ MOVG EWD THIS EVE. REGION HAS CLRG AND
80+ TEMPS AND UPR 60S DEWPTS ARE ADVECTING INTO THIS RGN. QUES WILL
BE WHETHER SQUALL LINE IN OH/WRN PA CAN MOVE E FAST ENUF TO CAUSE
SVR WX. LINE SHLD STILL ARRIVE IN ERLY EVE TIME FRAME WHICH GIVES US
ENUF INSTAB TO CONT ENHANCED WORDG. ATTM THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH SRN
EXTENSION TO IT AS STGST PVA IS TWD THE N AND IT APRS TO BE MOVG
INTO MURKIER AIR. OF EQUAL CONCERN ARE ROGUE CELLS PRECEDING IT AS
IS THE CASE WITH THE ONE EXITING WV ATTM. WHL THE WIND FIELDS ALF
ARE UNIDIRECTIONAL IMPLYING BOWS/STRAIGHT LINE...THERE IS ENUF FCSTD
HEL/CAPES (NOW THAT AIR MASS HAS RESPONDED) TO WORRY ABT THE LONE
HORSEMEN. FTHR TO THE N THEY HAVE REMAINED SOCKED IN AND WITH
CONVECTION LINING W TO E ACRS NRN OH AND LOW PRES MOVG EWD THEY APR
SAFE FROM ANY SVR WX THREAT...BUT COULD GET SOME HVY RAIN (SAME FOR
MON AND ERLY MON NGT). TO THAT END WE LIKE THE ETA BETTER AS IT HAS
THE SRNMOST POSN OF THE WRMFNTL BNDRY. NRNMST CTYS ARE UNDER THE GUN
FOR HVY PCPN...BUT 6 HR FFG FOR OUR NRN CTYS ARE CUR BTWN 3.5 AND
4.0 INCHES.

MDLS ARE PRETTY CLS BY 12Z MON STALLING CDFNT ALONG MASON/DIXON
LINE...ACY EXPRESSWAY CORRIDOR. AVN/NGM THEN LIFT THE LOW FTHR NW
THAN THE ETA. GIVEN THE AVN ALRDY SEEMS TO HAVE A NWD BIAS TDY AND
ITS MOS GUID AGREES MORE WITH THE ETA...WE ARE LEANING TWD THE ETA
SOLN. LOOKS LIKE A SOAKING RAIN FOR TMRW N OF THE BNDRY WITH
EMBEDDED TSRA (BASED ON FCSTD SI AND NEG ELEVATED LI/S. SERN SLIVER
OF OUR CWA MAY STILL BE UNDER THE GUN FOR SOME SVR WX IF THEY COULD
SEE SOME SUNSHINE. LLJ SINKS SWD OF OUR CWA BY 18Z (AT LEAST FCSTD
TO) AND THIS SHLD PUT US NR THE NRN EDGE OF THE SVR PTNL. OTRWISE
STGST DVRG ALF AND FCSTD OMEGA PEAKS DURG THE AFTN. FFG CUR IS
PRETTY HIGH AND IT WOULD APR JUST A COUPLE OF OUR FLASHIER STREAMS
MIGHT GO OVR IF MDL BASINWIDE AVGS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COME TO FRUITION
WILL LET MID SHIFT REACCESS BASED ON HOW MUCH PCPN FALLS THRU TNGT.

LOW GETS CRANKING MON NGT AND STARTS LIFTING NEWD FROM DELMARVA CST.
BASED ON FCSTD THETA E ADVT...WE/LL KEEP THE MNTN OF PCPN THE
LONGEST IN NRN ZNS...BUT END IT FROM S TO N ELSW (MAINLY DURG THE
EVE) AS DRY SLOT MOVES NWD.

AS MNTND ABV...WE WILL CONT THE CHC OF SHRAS ACRS OUR NRN ZNS FOR
TUE WITH UNUSUALLY STG FOR MAY CLSD LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED SHRT WV
WILL MOVE NR OR CLS TO OUR NRN ZNS. FTHR TO THE S THERE/S ENUF MSTR
TO SUPPORT SELF-DESTRUCT SUNSHINE AS THE DAY WEARS ON. COOLER NGM
MOS  MAX TEMPS LOOK BETTER THAN AVN BASED ON FCSTD H8 TEMPS.

WILL REISSUE THE SPS FOR MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. GOOD(?) NE FETCH PLUS
NEW MOON CONSPIRING. WE WILL CONT SCA HEADLINES AS CRIT SHLD NOT BE
MET UNTIL LATE TNGT FAR N AND ELSW MON.

.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

TFG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 5:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA.

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE...KENT AND SUSSEX.

IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
ATLANTIC...SALEM...CUMBERLAND AMD CAPE MAY.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

CECIL...KENT...QUEEN ANNES...CAROLINE AND TALBOT.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS
WAS CURRENTLY MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD FROM BERKS COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO
BALTIMORE. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS LINE IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH SO BASED ON THE
MOTION ALONE THIS LINE WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLY CAUSING WIND DAMAGE. IF THIS LINE HOLDS
TOGETHER...IT WILL GET TO PHILADELPHIA AND WILMINGTON BETWEEN 630
AND 700 PM AND TO ATLANTIC CITY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM.

PERSONS WHO HAVE TRAVELING PLANS FOR MOTHERS DAY OR OTHERWISE ARE
WELL ADVISED TO WAIT IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS LINE PASSES
THROUGH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER...IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY
THUNDERSTORMS.

TFG

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
800 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN THE GREATER
PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA. THE SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. THE LINE LEFT A SWATH OF
WIND DAMAGE FROM CHESTER COUNTY EASTWARD THROUGH DELAWARE
COUNTY...PHILADELPHIA COUNTY...GLOUCESTER COUNTY AND CAMDEN COUNTY.
NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN SPRING CITY/CHESTER
COUNTY...GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP/CAMDEN COUNTY AND AROUND
WOODBURY/GLOUCESTER COUNTY.

THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...DELAWARE...PHILADELPHIA.

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE.

IN SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...AND SALEM.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

CECIL.

TFG

Local storm report, May 12, 9:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
910 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

550 PM    POMONA                     MD   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  KENT                            WIRES DOWN ON
                                          CHURCH

556 PM    CHESTERTOWN                MD   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  KENT                            KENT SCHOOL                                        CHURCH
                                          BUILDING DAMAGED                                         W

600 PM    SPRING CITY                PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CHESTER                         TREES DOWN

614 PM    WEST VINCENT TWP           PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CHESTER                         TREES DOWN

619 PM    WEST CHESTER               PA   TSTM WIND GUST 51KT
05/12/02  CHESTER

625 PM    RIDLEY PARK                PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  DELAWARE                        TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ALSO IN RIDLEY PK
                                          AND MIDDLETOWN

639 PM    PHILADELPHIA               PA   TSTM WIND GUST 51KT
05/12/02  PHILADELPHIA

650 PM    SOMERDALE                  NJ   TORNADO
05/12/02  CAMDEN                          POSSIBLE TORNADO
                                          IN BARRINGTON. TREES/
                                          WIRES DOWN FROM
                                          GLOUCESTER TWP
                                          TO CHERRY HILL TWP.

650 PM    ALLOWAY                    NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  SALEM                           TREES DOWN ALSO
                                          IN QUINTON. ROOF
                                          OFF HOUSE IN
                                          QUINTON

650 PM    WASHINGTON TWP             NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  GLOUCESTER                      EST GUST TO 60
                                          MPH. TREES/WIRES
                                          DOWN IN GREENWICH
                                          WOODBURY AND
                                          WENONAH

655 PM    VINELAND                   NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CUMBERLAND                      TREES AND
                                          WIRES DOWN

655 PM    MARLTON                    NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  BURLINGTON                      TREES AND
                                          WIRES DOWN
                                          IN EVESHAM AND
                                          TABERNACLE

809 PM    DOVER                      DE   TSTM WIND GUST 74KT
05/12/02  KENT DE

855 PM    VILLAS                     NJ   TSTM WIND GUST 53KT
05/12/02  CAPE MAY

TFG

Local storm report, May 12, 9:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
910 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

550 PM    POMONA                     MD   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  KENT                            WIRES DOWN ON
                                          CHURCH

556 PM    CHESTERTOWN                MD   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  KENT                            KENT SCHOOL                                        CHURCH
                                          BUILDING DAMAGED                                         W

600 PM    SPRING CITY                PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CHESTER                         TREES DOWN

614 PM    WEST VINCENT TWP           PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CHESTER                         TREES DOWN

619 PM    WEST CHESTER               PA   TSTM WIND GUST 51KT
05/12/02  CHESTER

625 PM    RIDLEY PARK                PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  DELAWARE                        TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ALSO IN RIDLEY PK
                                          AND MIDDLETOWN

639 PM    PHILADELPHIA               PA   TSTM WIND GUST 51KT
05/12/02  PHILADELPHIA

650 PM    SOMERDALE                  NJ   TORNADO
05/12/02  CAMDEN                          POSSIBLE TORNADO
                                          IN BARRINGTON. TREES/
                                          WIRES DOWN FROM
                                          GLOUCESTER TWP
                                          TO CHERRY HILL TWP.

650 PM    ALLOWAY                    NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  SALEM                           TREES DOWN ALSO
                                          IN QUINTON. ROOF
                                          OFF HOUSE IN
                                          QUINTON

650 PM    WASHINGTON TWP             NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  GLOUCESTER                      EST GUST TO 60
                                          MPH. TREES/WIRES
                                          DOWN IN GREENWICH
                                          WOODBURY AND
                                          WENONAH

655 PM    VINELAND                   NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CUMBERLAND                      TREES AND
                                          WIRES DOWN

655 PM    MARLTON                    NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  BURLINGTON                      TREES AND
                                          WIRES DOWN
                                          IN EVESHAM AND
                                          TABERNACLE

809 PM    DOVER                      DE   TSTM WIND GUST 74KT
05/12/02  KENT DE

855 PM    VILLAS                     NJ   TSTM WIND GUST 53KT
05/12/02  CAPE MAY

TFG

Local storm report, May 12, 9:55 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT - UPDATE FOR SOMEDALE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
955 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

550 PM    POMONA                     MD   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  KENT                            WIRES DOWN ON
                                          CHURCH

556 PM    CHESTERTOWN                MD   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  KENT                            KENT SCHOOL                                        CHURCH
                                          BUILDING DAMAGED                                         W

600 PM    SPRING CITY                PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CHESTER                         TREES DOWN

614 PM    WEST VINCENT TWP           PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CHESTER                         TREES DOWN

619 PM    WEST CHESTER               PA   TSTM WIND GUST 51KT
05/12/02  CHESTER

625 PM    RIDLEY PARK                PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  DELAWARE                        TREES AND WIRES DOWN
                                          ALSO IN RIDLEY PK
                                          AND MIDDLETOWN

639 PM    PHILADELPHIA               PA   TSTM WIND GUST 51KT
05/12/02  PHILADELPHIA

650 PM    SOMERDALE                  NJ   SVR TSTM
05/12/02  CAMDEN                          WIND DAMAGE/TREES
                                          WIRES DOWN FROM
                                          GLOUCESTER TWP
                                          TO CHERRY HILL TWP.

650 PM    ALLOWAY                    NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  SALEM                           TREES DOWN ALSO
                                          IN QUINTON. ROOF
                                          OFF HOUSE IN
                                          QUINTON

650 PM    WASHINGTON TWP             NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  GLOUCESTER                      EST GUST TO 60
                                          MPH. TREES/WIRES
                                          DOWN IN GREENWICH
                                          WOODBURY AND
                                          WENONAH

655 PM    VINELAND                   NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  CUMBERLAND                      TREES AND
                                          WIRES DOWN

655 PM    MARLTON                    NJ   WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02  BURLINGTON                      TREES AND
                                          WIRES DOWN
                                          IN EVESHAM AND
                                          TABERNACLE

809 PM    DOVER                      DE   TSTM WIND GUST 74KT
05/12/02  KENT DE

855 PM    VILLAS                     NJ   TSTM WIND GUST 53KT
05/12/02  CAPE MAY

TFG/RNS

Special weather statement, May 12, 10:23 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1023 PM EDT SUN MAY 12 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR THE EASTERN MARYLAND
SHORE...DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION.

THE WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN DELAWARE...KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHERN NEW
ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY AND
CUMBERLAND.

IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

KENT...QUEEN ANNE/S...CAROLINE AND TALBOT.

RNS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
May 12, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
May 12, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
May 12, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
May 12, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
May 13, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	47 min
May 13, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Salem	32 min
May 13, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester	34 min
May 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden	37 min
May 13, 5:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	22 min
May 13, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington	42 min
May 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington	41 min
May 13, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic	19 min
May 13, 5:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	37 min
May 13, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		92 min
May 13, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	42 min
May 13, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery	34 min
May 13, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	28 min
May 13, 3:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Berks	37 min
May 13, 3:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Berks	112 min
May 13, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery	24 min
May 13, 3:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Berks	95 min
May 13, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	65 min
May 13, 4:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Berks	2 hr
May 13, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Montgomery	42 min
May 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks	39 min
May 12, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent	38 min
May 12, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	16 min
May 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	New Castle	43 min

Nearby

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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.