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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 2011Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 22, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2011-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2345 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2011-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

864 
WWUS81 KPHI 221933
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

NJZ020-026-222030-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
333 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 15 
MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THE SHORE CLOSE TO 
SEASIDE HEIGHTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT OCEAN 
COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM. 

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 
YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3973 7409 3951 7427 3952 7427 3958 7426
      3963 7419 3965 7421 3957 7433 3951 7428
      3950 7432 3954 7434 3955 7442 3976 7439
      4007 7456 4017 7440 4016 7427 4010 7424
      4013 7411 4009 7408 4009 7402

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean59 min
Jul 22, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington53 min
Jul 22, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jul 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.