Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2012, 1:59 AM EST for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey; Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 3, 2012, 1:59 AM EST (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 586 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 926 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196
WWUS81 KPHI 030659
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
159 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
DEZ001-002-NJZ016-020>027-030800-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-KENT DE-
NEW CASTLE DE-OCEAN NJ-SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
159 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF
ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND...KENT...NEW
CASTLE...OCEAN AND SALEM COUNTIES...
AT 155 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL DELAWARE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. THIS
ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH.
HAIL UP TO HALF AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AND THIS
WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. IF TRAVELING, BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO
THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 3945 7430 3925 7460 3905 7475 3903 7495
3917 7491 3921 7504 3918 7515 3935 7539
3907 7539 3899 7532 3895 7569 3941 7576
3945 7557 3932 7544 3937 7540 3945 7552
3955 7504 3951 7499 3958 7492 3973 7411
$$
FORECASTER: GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| Mar 3, 2:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 6:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:15 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 2 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2012Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.