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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 20, 20114 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2011, 11:59 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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 20, 2011, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2011, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2011-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

587 
WWUS81 KPHI 201559
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1159 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011

DEZ001-NJZ012>020-027-PAZ069>071-201645-
BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1159 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
SALEM...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...DELAWARE...
PHILADELPHIA...BUCKS...MONMOUTH...NEW CASTLE...OCEAN AND BURLINGTON 
COUNTIES...

AT 1152 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF NEW
BRUNSWICK TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMDEN TO 5 MILES EAST OF 
WILMINGTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 
30 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR OLD BRIDGE...DEPTFORD... 
CROSSWICKS...WOODBURY HEIGHTS AROUND 1205 PM...MOUNT 
LAUREL...JACKSONVILLE...GREENTREE...WENONAH AROUND 1210 
PM...MORGANVILLE AND STRATHMORE AROUND 1215 PM.

ONE OR 2 OF THESE SHOWERS MAY GROW INTO THUNDERSTORMS BY 1230 PM AS 
THEY TRACK EASTWARD FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

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

LAT...LON 4022 7399 3973 7474 3964 7503 3964 7555
      3969 7552 3964 7559 3964 7579 3973 7550
      4042 7448 4041 7396

$$

FORECASTER:DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic54 min
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, 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

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 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.