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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2011Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 7:35 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2011, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 8:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Brigantine, NJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-49 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.

380 
WWUS81 KPHI 032335
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

NJZ020-022-025>027-040030-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
735 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF 
ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHERN OCEAN 
AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN 
GRADUALLY BETWEEN NOW AND 830 PM AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...PRODUCING FLOODING IN 
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER 
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3951 7426 3950 7433 3953 7434 3953 7440
      3949 7438 3949 7432 3945 7429 3933 7445
      3935 7450 3938 7446 3937 7453 3960 7488
      3973 7474 3977 7480 3984 7447 3971 7412

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren82 min
Jul 3, 11:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean and 3 more52 min
Jul 3, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex58 min
Jul 3, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex49 min
Jul 3, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren68 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren72 min
Jul 3, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren4 hr
Jul 3, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren56 min
Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth65 min
Jul 3, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth56 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean51 min
Jul 3, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jul 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean66 min
Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jul 3, 9:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe86 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe5 hr
Jul 3, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton56 min
Jul 3, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery62 min
Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe59 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon58 min
Jul 3, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot60 min
Jul 3, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot57 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil54 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.