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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 29, 20114 counties in New Jersey; Berks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Nov 29, 2011, 12:48 PM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; Berks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. 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
Nov 29, 2011, 12:48 PM EST (17:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2011, 1:45 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 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.

002 
WWUS81 KPHI 291748
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1248 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011

DEZ001-002-NJZ016>018-021>024-PAZ060-067-068-070-071-291845-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CHESTER PA-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-
KENT DE-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-
1248 PM EST TUE NOV 29 2011

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF 
KENT...SALEM...CUMBERLAND...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...DELAWARE...
PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BERKS...NEW CASTLE...CAPE MAY 
AND ATLANTIC COUNTIES...

AT 1245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM NEAR HARRISBURG IN 
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO NORTHERN DELAWARE THEN DOWN TO NEAR THE 
LOWER DELAWARE BAY. THIS LINE IS MOVING NORTHWARD AT 30 MPH.

ALONG MAINLY THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF HEAVIER SHOWERS, WINDS 
WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY HIGH 
PROFILE VEHICLES AND TRAVELING ACROSS BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED 
SURFACES.

LAT...LON 4051 7643 4059 7603 4068 7592 3962 7480
      3928 7462 3929 7460 3896 7497 3916 7491
      3919 7518 3946 7555 3958 7556 3950 7558
      3920 7539 3920 7540 3963 7579 3972 7579
      3984 7604 4014 7590 4050 7644

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 12:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland, Salem63 min
Nov 29, 2:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester55 min
Nov 29, 4:27 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more4 hr

Nearby

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