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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 2011Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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°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.

050 
WWUS81 KPHI 222015
SPSPHI

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

NJZ019-020-026-027-222115-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
415 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN BURLINGTON AND 
SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY...NEAR 
CHATSWORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL BE NEAR CEDAR GLEN LAKES...WHITING AROUND 425 PM...OLD 
HALFWAY...CRESTWOOD VILLAGE AROUND 430 PM...PINE RIDGE AT CRESTWOOD 
AROUND 435 PM...BAMBER LAKE AROUND 445 PM AND WARREN GROVE AROUND 
450 PM.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK 
SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A 
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3978 7412 3983 7410 3983 7414 3978 7417
      3977 7413 3976 7418 3974 7416 3960 7428
      3967 7461 3992 7497 4010 7467 3989 7412
      3984 7413 3985 7410 3988 7409 3987 7406

$$

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, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean57 min
Jul 22, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 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.