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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 27, 20124 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jan 27, 2012, 11:06 AM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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
Jan 27, 2012, 11:06 AM EST (16:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2012, 12:00 PM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2012-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2012-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 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.

585 
WWUS81 KPHI 271606
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1106 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

NJZ016>022-025>027-271700-
ATLANTIC NJ-CAMDEN NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
1106 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL  
WILL AFFECT CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...BURLINGTON...ATLANTIC...OCEAN... 
SALEM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1102 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM 19 
MILES NORTHEAST OF VINELAND TO 3 MILES WEST OF MILLVILLE...MOVING 
EAST AT 5 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR SHAMONG...MEDFORD LAKES... 
MEDFORD...CUMBERLAND AROUND 1110 AM...TABERNACLE...LEISURETOWNE 
AROUND 1115 AM...WEYMOUTH...MIZPAH...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA AND DOROTHY 
AROUND 1120 AM.

A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...AND WILL 
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND 
SMALL STREAMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 3975 7409 3960 7419 3950 7429 3945 7430
      3939 7438 3933 7527 3984 7507 4010 7408
      4009 7407 4011 7404 4010 7402

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 4:54 AM ESTGale WarningPHI20 hr
Jan 27, 8:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem93 min
Jan 27, 9:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI82 min
Jan 27, 10:27 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jan 27, 10:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem29 min
Jan 27, 2:15 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more6 hr
Jan 27, 9:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle56 min

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.