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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 2011Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2011, 7:39 PM EDT for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 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 31, 2011, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2011-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2011-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

695 
WWUS81 KPHI 312339
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
739 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

NJZ018-019-027-010045-
CAMDEN NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
739 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

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

AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CHERRY 
HILL...HADDONFIELD AROUND 745 PM...SPRINGDALE...GREENTREE AROUND 800 
PM...MARLTON LAKES...ATCO AROUND 815 PM...CHESILHURST...TABERNACLE 
AROUND 830 PM AND SHAMONG AROUND 845 PM.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING TO START FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT SEEK 
SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A 
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3984 7462 3966 7484 3990 7514 4000 7504

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren95 min
Jul 31, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden31 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe96 min
Jul 31, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks91 min
Jul 31, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline60 min
Jul 31, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline82 min
Jul 31, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot96 min
Jul 31, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's36 min
Jul 31, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent66 min
Jul 31, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent115 min
Jul 31, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent90 min
Jul 31, 3:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle2 hr
Jul 31, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent84 min
Jul 31, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 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.