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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 28, 2011Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2011, 1:13 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. 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
Apr 28, 2011, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 482 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

904 
WWUS81 KPHI 281713
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
113 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

DEZ002>004-NJZ020>025-027-281815-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
113 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAPE
MAY...CUMBERLAND...KENT...OCEAN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 110 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF
GEORGETOWN TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SALISBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ELDORA...BELLEPLAIN FOREST AROUND
130 PM...ENGLISH CREEK...CORBIN CITY AROUND 145 PM...POMONA AND PORT
REPUBLIC AROUND 200 PM.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3900 7542 3904 7534 3893 7530 3879 7511
      3892 7498 3915 7490 3920 7505 3919 7517
      3919 7516 3972 7445 3942 7437 3936 7440
      3930 7455 3898 7480 3891 7499 3881 7508
      3869 7506 3845 7554 3845 7561

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem63 min
Apr 28, 6:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren34 min
Apr 28, 7:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more55 min
Apr 28, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth60 min
Apr 28, 9:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI26 min
Apr 28, 10:10 AM EDTGale WarningPHI5 hr
Apr 28, 10:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren50 min
Apr 28, 10:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Apr 28, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Warren63 min
Apr 28, 10:58 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren32 min
Apr 28, 11:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren64 min
Apr 28, 11:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset4 hr
Apr 28, 11:22 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren23 min
Apr 28, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIMorris30 min
Apr 28, 12:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI43 min
Apr 28, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem61 min
Apr 28, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland56 min
Apr 28, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset52 min
Apr 28, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem63 min
Apr 28, 1:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem103 min
Apr 28, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI91 min
Apr 28, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester41 min
Apr 28, 2:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean94 min
Apr 28, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean41 min
Apr 28, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Apr 28, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth65 min
Apr 28, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Apr 28, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Apr 28, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May53 min
Apr 28, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Apr 28, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton66 min
Apr 28, 4:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton54 min
Apr 28, 5:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe59 min
Apr 28, 5:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon56 min
Apr 28, 5:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton3 hr
Apr 28, 6:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Apr 28, 6:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery52 min
Apr 28, 7:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe6 hr
Apr 28, 8:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks58 min
Apr 28, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh65 min
Apr 28, 8:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh4 hr
Apr 28, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe49 min
Apr 28, 9:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton57 min
Apr 28, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery60 min
Apr 28, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia57 min
Apr 28, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery31 min
Apr 28, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia60 min
Apr 28, 9:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHICecil, Harford66 hr
Apr 28, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot58 min
Apr 28, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's53 min
Apr 28, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2011Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.