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Tropical Storm Watch 1008, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 4, 20087 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tropical storm watch at Sep 4, 2008, 5:51 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2008, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2008, 12:44 PM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tropical storm watch 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 tropical storm watch went out at Sep 4, 5:41 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 5:41 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:32 PM EDT, 19 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
Sep 4, 5:52 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	14 hr
Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	57 hr

Nearby

Tropical Storm Watches in New Jersey, 2008 Tropical Storm Watches in Maryland, 2008 Every tropical storm watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.