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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 13, 2010Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2010, 4:53 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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 13, 2010, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2010, 5:55 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 224 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2010-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 13, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1058 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

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

0630 AM     FLOOD            NEWPORT                 39.71N 75.61W
07/13/2010                   NEW CASTLE         DE   NEWSPAPER

            OLD AIRPORT ROAD FLOODED.

0900 AM     FLOOD            PHILADELPHIA            40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010                   PHILADELPHIA       PA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE FRANKFORD CREEK IN NORTHEAST
            PHILADELPHIA.

0946 AM     FLOOD            PHILADELPHIA            40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010                   PHILADELPHIA       PA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            FLOODING ON WISSAHICKON CREEK.

0957 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CAMDEN                  39.94N 75.11W
07/13/2010  M2.40 INCH       CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.40 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN CAMDEN IN 1 HOUR AND 20
            MINUTES.

0957 AM     FLOOD            CAMDEN                  39.94N 75.11W
07/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ADMIRAL WILSON BLVD AND ROUTE 130 IN CAMDEN BOTH CLOSED
            DUE TO FLOODING.

1030 AM     FLOOD            PHILADELPHIA            40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010                   PHILADELPHIA       PA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            FLOODING ON PENNYPACK CREEK.

&&

MEOLA
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
202 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

NJZ013-019-020-027-131900-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
202 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURLINGTON...MONMOUTH AND OCEAN
COUNTIES...

AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR COUNTRY LAKE ESTATES
AROUND 200 PM...BROWNS MILLS...NEW EGYPT AROUND 215 PM...WOODRUFF...
CASSVILLE AROUND 230 PM...SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AND JACKSONS MILLS
AROUND 245 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM.

LAT...LON 4025 7447 4013 7412 3978 7458 3994 7477

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
220 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

NJZ013-014-131855-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
220 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONMOUTH COUNTY...

AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LEONARDO...
MIDDLETOWN AROUND 230 PM AND SANDY HOOK AROUND 245 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4017 7411 4034 7430 4045 7419 4045 7416
      4046 7412 4044 7409 4041 7399 4044 7402
      4047 7401 4047 7400 4043 7396 4029 7397

RPW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

NJZ015-019-PAZ069-132000-
BUCKS PA-MERCER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
300 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUCKS...BURLINGTON AND MERCER
COUNTIES...

AT 300 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LEVITTOWN...BRISTOL AROUND
315 PM...TULLYTOWN...FAIRLESS HILLS AROUND 330 PM...TRENTON...
MORRISVILLE AROUND 345 PM...LAWRENCEVILLE AND EDINBURG AROUND 400 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3997 7491 4005 7499 4036 7476 4022 7454

RPW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:53 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset84 min
Jul 13, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem59 min
Jul 13, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland57 min
Jul 13, 9:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth118 min
Jul 13, 10:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer3 hr
Jul 13, 10:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset3 hr
Jul 13, 11:38 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean2 hr
Jul 13, 12:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren2 hr
Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington58 min
Jul 13, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth35 min
Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more19 hr
Jul 13, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer60 min
Jul 13, 3:08 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer63 hr
Jul 13, 3:15 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean9 hr
Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean59 min
Jul 12, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester63 min
Jul 12, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia65 min
Jul 12, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Montgomery67 min
Jul 12, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks63 min
Jul 12, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh63 min
Jul 13, 12:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr
Jul 13, 1:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery3 hr
Jul 13, 4:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks115 min
Jul 13, 5:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware62 min
Jul 13, 6:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware113 min
Jul 13, 6:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIDelaware115 min
Jul 13, 7:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Jul 13, 9:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia8 hr
Jul 13, 9:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia2 hr
Jul 13, 5:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIPhiladelphia117 min
Jul 13, 2:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot62 min
Jul 13, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot65 min
Jul 13, 3:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil57 min
Jul 13, 3:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot114 min
Jul 13, 5:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline66 min
Jul 13, 5:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot76 min
Jul 13, 6:30 AM EDTTornado WarningPHICaroline45 min
Jul 13, 3:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex62 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.