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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 18, 2011Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 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 18, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 32 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 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2011-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 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 2011-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

296 
WWUS81 KPHI 182017
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

NJZ012>015-019-020-182115-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
OCEAN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
417 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURLINGTON...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CROSSWICKS...NEW EGYPT AROUND
430 PM...CREAM RIDGE...IMLAYSTOWN AROUND 445 PM...CLARKSBURG...SIX
FLAGS THEME PARK AROUND 500 PM...WEST FREEHOLD AND ADELPHIA AROUND
515 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 AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 4041 7422 4015 7404 4000 7458 4017 7472

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 4:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Somerset, Sussex52 min
Aug 18, 6:35 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 2 more3 hr
Aug 18, 7:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester61 min
Aug 18, 8:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester59 min
Aug 18, 8:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth and 1 more3 hr
Aug 18, 3:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more29 hr
Aug 18, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington58 min
Aug 18, 3:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden51 min
Aug 18, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington65 min
Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean33 min
Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex63 min
Aug 18, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer57 min
Aug 18, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth56 min
Aug 18, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem53 min
Aug 18, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren62 min
Aug 18, 7:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 18, 7:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden61 min
Aug 18, 2:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks63 min
Aug 18, 3:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks52 min
Aug 18, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Montgomery57 min
Aug 18, 5:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia60 min
Aug 18, 6:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester41 min
Aug 18, 9:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware2 hr
Aug 18, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe60 min
Aug 18, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester57 min
Aug 18, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester57 min
Aug 18, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester66 min
Aug 18, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester2 hr
Aug 18, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware50 min
Aug 18, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester62 min
Aug 18, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe59 min
Aug 18, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery31 min
Aug 18, 6:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil116 min
Aug 18, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle61 min

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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.