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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2010Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2010, 1:09 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 22, 2010, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2010, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.3

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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 Aug 22, 11:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 11:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 9:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
922 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027-
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-231230-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
922 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TODAY INTO TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD LEAD
TO POCKETS OF BRIEF POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS. ADDITIONALLY...ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH IN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE LATE THIS MORNING
OR THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-231230-
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
922 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE COAST OF NEW
JERSEY INTO TONIGHT.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY INTO TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD
LEAD TO POCKETS OF BRIEF POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS. ADDITIONALLY ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

ANZ430-431-450>455-231230-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
922 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON
MAY PRODUCE A SOUTHWEST WIND GUST TO 35 OR 40 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

DRAG /

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 9:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
906 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

MDZ008-PAZ067-221330-
CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
906 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010

...A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WITH A POSSIBLE DEVELOPING STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CECIL AND CHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 903 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WITH A POSSIBLE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE VERY HEAVY
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR PORT DEPOSIT AROUND
915 AM...PERRYVILLE AROUND 925 AM AND CHARLESTOWN AROUND 930 AM.

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

THIS CLUSTER OF SHOWERS IS PART OF A DEVELOPING LINE OF HEAVY
SHOWERS THAT EXTENDED NORTHWARD INTO OXFORD OF SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3972 7614 3994 7593 3945 7581 3942 7601
      3945 7600 3946 7602 3953 7599 3955 7603
      3954 7607 3963 7616

FORECASTER: DRAG

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 12:23 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 12:42 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 1:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 1:09 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	22 min
Aug 22, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	48 min
Aug 22, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	63 min
Aug 22, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Somerset	61 min
Aug 22, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	60 min
Aug 22, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	63 min
Aug 22, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	60 min
Aug 22, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Aug 22, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	35 min
Aug 22, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	58 min
Aug 22, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	64 min
Aug 22, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	65 min
Aug 22, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	61 min
Aug 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Gloucester	31 min
Aug 22, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	113 min
Aug 22, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	65 min
Aug 22, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset	59 min
Aug 22, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Somerset	66 min
Aug 22, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	56 min
Aug 22, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	2 hr
Aug 22, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Morris	57 min
Aug 22, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden	59 min
Aug 22, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Somerset	2 hr
Aug 22, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset	60 min
Aug 22, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden	62 min
Aug 22, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean	67 min
Aug 22, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	60 min
Aug 22, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware	58 min
Aug 22, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Delaware	2 hr
Aug 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	57 min
Aug 22, 9:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil	24 min
Aug 22, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	55 min
Aug 22, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Caroline	54 min
Aug 22, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	68 min
Aug 22, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	60 min
Aug 22, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	111 min
Aug 22, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	52 min
Aug 22, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	65 min
Aug 22, 7:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	2 hr

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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.