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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 4, 20117 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2011, 12:18 AM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey. 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 4, 2011, 12:18 AM EDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2011, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

242 
WWUS81 KPHI 040418
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1218 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

NJZ016>027-040615-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-SALEM NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
1218 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT 
SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...CAPE 
MAY...OCEAN...ATLANTIC AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1215 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA
OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL COVERING A LARGE PORTION OF 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  THIS AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND 
WILL IMPACT MOST OF SOUTH JERSEY THROUGH 2 AM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS 
THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. 
 
AN ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKE OR RUMBLE OF THUNDER IS POSSIBLE AS 
WELL.


LAT...LON 3974 7409 3954 7423 3950 7428 3950 7433
      3953 7434 3953 7440 3949 7438 3949 7432
      3945 7429 3935 7441 3930 7455 3920 7464
      3904 7475 3955 7554 3958 7553 4007 7435
      3997 7409 3996 7409 3996 7405

$$

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 3, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 3 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, 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.