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Special Marine Warning 45, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 2002

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at May 14, 2002, 8:28 PM EDT. It was in force for 92 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 14, 2002, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2002, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 92 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 14, 3:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
316 PM EDT TUE MAY 14 2002

SHORT TERM...AREAS OF CU AND SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTMS OVER
OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD FADE AWAY BY DARK...WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING AND THE PASSAGE OF AN H5 SHORTWAVE. THE GRADIENT
BETWEEN DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. REMAINS RELATIVELY
TIGHT THROUGH WED AFTERNOON...KEEPING WINDS FROM DROPPING OFF TOO
MUCH TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY WILL BE MILDER THAN TODAY...WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND
RECOVERING H8-H10 THICKNESSES IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS
WILL ALSO BE WITH US ONCE AGAIN...AS GRADIENT STAYS UP UNTIL
AFTERNOON AND WE MIX DOWN STRONGER WINDS FROM ALOFT.

WINDS DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH BUILDS OVER US...THEN
PICK UP OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AGAIN ON THURSDAY AS THE HIGH SLIDES
OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST...AND TEMPS WARM UP INTO THE 70S NORTH AND
NEAR 80 SOUTH.

AS FOR TEMPS...MOS GUIDANCE GENERALLY OK...BUT UNDERCUT DAYTIME
HIGHS FOR THURSDAY AS SOME HIGH/MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE THROUGH
NORTHERN/CENTRAL ZONES IN THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM.

EXTENDED...NEXT SIGNIFICANT WX TO COME FRIDAY AHEAD OF DEVELOPING
LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE
DAY/EVENING SHOWERS/TSTMS. AVN PROGGED WIND FIELDS FOR LATE FRIDAY
SUGGEST THIS BEARS SOME WATCHING. WILL KEEP SHOWERS AROUND FOR
SATURDAY...AS AMPLIFYING H5 PATTERN SUGGESTS FRONT WILL SLOW DOWN AS
IT BECOMES MORE ALIGNED WITH UPPER FLOW.

MARINE...SCA REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OUR COASTAL WATERS.

.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...SCA NJ/DE COASTS AND DE BAY.

GOODMAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 6:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ
612 PM EDT TUE MAY 14 2002

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

0530 PM    ALLENTOWN                 PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/14/02   LEHIGH                         TREE DOWN

0540 PM    READING                   PA   WIND DAMAGE
05/14/02   BERKS                          WIRES DOWN

GSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		92 min
May 14, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		92 min
May 14, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	77 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.