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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2011Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2011, 4:03 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
Aug 14, 2011, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 341 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
341 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

249 
WWUS81 KPHI 142003
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

NJZ013-015-019-020-026-027-142100-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-MERCER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
403 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLY
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT BURLINGTON...MERCER...MONMOUTH AND
OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER TO
23 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCALLY BUT BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF 
THIS ACTIVITY.

LAT...LON 3996 7406 3989 7412 3986 7412 3981 7415
      3965 7460 3981 7454 4002 7457 4011 7476
      4027 7450 4025 7448 4025 7444 4029 7439
      4030 7434 4013 7409 4009 7408 4008 7403

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Aug 13, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 13, 11:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Aug 13, 11:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris4 hr
Aug 14, 12:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset4 hr
Aug 14, 12:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Aug 14, 2:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 14, 3:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Aug 14, 3:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem113 min
Aug 14, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more25 hr
Aug 14, 3:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more4 hr
Aug 14, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Mercer60 min
Aug 14, 5:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 14, 6:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 14, 7:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more4 hr
Aug 14, 8:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 14, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem18 hr
Aug 14, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Aug 14, 12:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris28 hr
Aug 14, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Aug 14, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem62 min
Aug 14, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren7 hr
Aug 14, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem66 min
Aug 14, 1:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset16 hr
Aug 14, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington6 hr
Aug 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester52 min
Aug 14, 4:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer9 hr
Aug 13, 9:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton4 hr
Aug 14, 12:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Aug 14, 1:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr
Aug 14, 9:21 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHINorthampton3 hr
Aug 14, 1:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia8 hr
Aug 14, 1:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot6 hr
Aug 14, 2:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Aug 14, 5:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Aug 14, 8:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Aug 14, 12:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICecil, Kent4 hr
Aug 14, 6:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle13 hr
Aug 14, 6:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle4 hr
Aug 14, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent28 min
Aug 14, 2:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle3 hr

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.