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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 1, 2010Atlantic County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 1, 2010, 5:07 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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: Oct 1, 2010, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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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 Oct 1, 5:06 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 5:06 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 2:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
253 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

NJZ001-008>010-012>015-010745-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-
SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
253 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SUSSEX...MORRIS...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

AT 251 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON TO 12 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR LAKE TELEMARK...SKILLMAN...FLAGTOWN...
BRIDGEWATER AROUND 300 AM...KINNELON...MILLINGTON...MARTINSVILLE...
BASKING RIDGE AROUND 305 AM...PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP AND RIVERDALE
AROUND 310 AM.

WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AS THE SHOWERS PASS...AND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4033 7476 4101 7475 4101 7435 4099 7429
      4089 7427 4089 7433 4086 7431 4074 7436
      4067 7445 4065 7445 4066 7440 4059 7444
      4060 7421 4047 7427 4041 7399 4047 7401
      4047 7399 4033 7396

HAYES

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 3:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
302 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

NJZ007>010-012-013-015>019-021>024-027-PAZ069-071-010800-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WARREN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
302 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT WARREN...MORRIS...
HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
MERCER...MIDDLESEX...PHILADELPHIA...BUCKS...MONMOUTH...CAPE MAY...
ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST
OF EASTON TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE MAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR VOORHEES...SPRINGDALE...SOUTH
VINELAND...SICKLERVILLE AROUND 305 AM...WOODBOURNE...MOUNT
LAUREL...BIVALVE...WOODSIDE AROUND 310 AM...YARDLEY AND MARLTON
LAKES AROUND 315 AM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 3985 7465 3893 7494 3895 7498 3902 7496
      3911 7490 3916 7491 3918 7503 3920 7505
      3920 7510 3917 7513 3919 7516 3998 7503
      4072 7500 4077 7487 4077 7476 4034 7477
      4030 7448

HAYES

Local storm report, Oct 1, 3:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
316 AM EDT FRI OCT 01 2010

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

0945 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG DEPTFORD                39.83N 75.15W
09/30/2010                   GLOUCESTER         NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN. ALSO IN ELK TOWNSHIP AND
            WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

&&

HAYES

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 3:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
343 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

NJZ001-008-010-012-013-015-010845-
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
343 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SUSSEX...MORRIS...
SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

AT 337 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF SOMERVILLE TO TRENTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR GREEN POND...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK...WATCHUNG...SOMERSET AROUND 350 AM...SOUTH
PLAINFIELD...SOCIETY HILL...PARSIPPANY...NORTH BRUNSWICK AROUND 355
AM...NEW BRUNSWICK AND MILLTOWN AROUND 400 AM.

THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING IN SOME
AREAS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 4048 7427 4044 7422 4028 7476 4052 7466
      4099 7466 4106 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444
      4097 7427 4089 7427 4089 7433 4086 7431
      4078 7437 4074 7436 4067 7445 4065 7445
      4066 7440 4059 7444 4060 7421 4057 7420

HAYES

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 4:25 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
425 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

NJZ012>014-019>022-025>027-010930-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
425 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CUMBERLAND...MIDDLESEX...
MONMOUTH...OCEAN...ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 419 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK TO 14 MILES EAST OF TRENTON TO 22 MILES
WEST OF TOMS RIVER TO 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINELAND TO 7 MILES EAST
OF VINELAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR
JAMESBURG...WOODRUFF...CLARKSBURG...ELWOOD AROUND 430 AM...
HELMETTA...SIX FLAGS THEME PARK...CLARKSBURG...CHATSWORTH AROUND 435
AM...SPOTSWOOD AND MANALAPAN AROUND 440 AM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS...AS WINDS
SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST.

LAT...LON 3978 7408 3951 7426 3950 7433 3953 7434
      3953 7440 3946 7429 3940 7436 3935 7446
      3935 7449 3938 7446 3936 7453 3944 7503
      3965 7478 3989 7467 4017 7461 4024 7448
      4031 7460 4041 7459 4043 7449 4035 7400

HAYES

Special weather statement, Oct 1, 5:07 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
507 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

NJZ012>014-020-022-025>027-011000-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
507 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...
OCEAN...ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 503 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PERTH AMBOY TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR TOMS RIVER...TINTON
FALLS...SILVERTON...SHREWSBURY AROUND 515 AM...SANDY HOOK...WEST
LONG BRANCH...WANAMASSA...TUCKERTON AROUND 520 AM...ELBERON AND WEST
BELMAR AROUND 525 AM.

AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST...GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 4027 7397 3968 7412 3951 7426 3950 7433
      3953 7434 3953 7440 3949 7438 3947 7429
      3936 7440 3936 7446 3938 7446 3939 7469
      3996 7434 4010 7434 4045 7425 4046 7412
      4041 7399 4047 7402 4047 7399 4041 7396

HAYES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 30, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer	85 min
Sep 30, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Sussex, Warren	85 min
Sep 30, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	50 min
Sep 30, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Gloucester	58 min
Sep 30, 11:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	56 min
Sep 30, 11:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Somerset	58 min
Sep 30, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	55 min
Oct 1, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	55 min
Oct 1, 1:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	53 min
Oct 1, 1:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris, Sussex	53 min
Oct 1, 2:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	52 min
Oct 1, 3:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Mercer	58 min
Oct 1, 3:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 6 more	12 hr
Oct 1, 3:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 2 more	61 min
Oct 1, 3:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	62 min
Oct 1, 4:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean	65 min
Oct 1, 4:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more	10 hr
Oct 1, 6:37 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		34 hr
Oct 1, 8:13 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset	6 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	18 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	18 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	18 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon	10 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon	18 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	10 hr
Oct 1, 10:54 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Mercer	10 hr
Oct 1, 3:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Somerset	4 hr
Oct 1, 3:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Morris	11 hr
Sep 30, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks, Carbon	94 min
Sep 30, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery	54 min
Oct 1, 1:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	13 hr
Oct 1, 1:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	14 hr
Oct 1, 1:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	14 hr
Oct 1, 1:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks	18 hr
Oct 1, 2:01 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	13 hr
Oct 1, 2:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Berks	8 hr
Oct 1, 2:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	13 hr
Oct 1, 2:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia	13 hr
Oct 1, 2:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery, Philadelphia	19 hr
Sep 30, 11:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	58 min
Oct 1, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	53 min
Oct 1, 12:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	65 min
Oct 1, 12:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	14 hr
Oct 1, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	63 min
Oct 1, 1:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	14 hr
Oct 1, 2:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	12 hr
Oct 1, 2:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	23 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.