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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 21, 2011Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT for Middlesex County, 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 21, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2011-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1559 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 2011-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

921 
WWUS81 KPHI 220002
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
802 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

NJZ010-012>015-220100-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
802 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF 
MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRINCETON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR ROBERTSVILLE AND YORKETOWN AROUND 815 
PM...LINCROFT AND HOLMDEL AROUND 830 PM...AND LITTLE SILVER AND 
SHREWSBURY AROUND 845 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER NEARLY SATURATED GROUND. BE 
ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

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

LAT...LON 4027 7397 4015 7401 4021 7466 4054 7463
      4053 7429 4052 7424 4047 7427 4045 7422
      4046 7412 4041 7399 4047 7402 4047 7399
      4043 7396

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 9:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more119 min
Aug 21, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI50 min
Aug 21, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI46 min
Aug 22, 3:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth16 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.