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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2011Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2011, 8:36 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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
May 19, 2011, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

070 
WWUS81 KPHI 200036
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
836 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

NJZ022-025-027-200130-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
836 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN BURLINGTON 
COUNTIES. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. 

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

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 3937 7440 3935 7441 3929 7452 3930 7458
      3953 7491 3992 7448 3976 7439 3959 7439
      3955 7442 3949 7438 3949 7432 3946 7429

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean94 min
May 19, 11:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren3 hr
May 20, 2:07 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
May 20, 3:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren15 hr
May 20, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth46 min
May 20, 2:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe53 min
May 20, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr
May 20, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe65 min
May 19, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot61 min
May 19, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline64 min
May 19, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot63 min
May 19, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
May 19, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min

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.