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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 20119 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2011, 10:33 PM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 117 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
Aug 3, 2011, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2011, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

475 
WWUS81 KPHI 040233
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1033 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-040430-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CHESTER PA-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-
SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1033 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL AFFECT 
ATLANTIC...BUCKS...BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...CHESTER...
CUMBERLAND...DELAWARE...GLOUCESTER... HUNTERDON...MERCER... 
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MONTGOMERY...OCEAN...PHILADELPHIA...SALEM  
AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 1023 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, EXTENDING FROM NEAR READING 
PENNSYLVANIA TO NEAR SOMERVILLE NEW JERSEY AND THEN TO AROUND 
PHILADELPHIA.  THIS AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL 
IMPACT MANY PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN AND 
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY THROUGH 1230 AM.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. 

THERE MAY BE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES AND A RUMBLE OF THUNDER CAN NOT 
BE RULED OUT.  

LAT...LON 3968 7412 3951 7426 3953 7440 3945 7429
      3935 7441 3930 7455 3903 7476 3971 7550
      3980 7542 3984 7565 4010 7593 4062 7508
      4052 7429 4051 7430 4045 7422 4046 7412
      4041 7399 4047 7401 4047 7398 4043 7396

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex52 min
Aug 3, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer52 min
Aug 4, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more117 min
Aug 4, 3:55 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more11 hr
Aug 3, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton64 min
Aug 3, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Montgomery58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2011Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.