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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 9, 20125 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2012, 1:56 AM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 64 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 9, 2012, 1:56 AM EST (06:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2012-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 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.

030 
WWUS81 KPHI 090656
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
156 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012

NJZ013-014-016>027-090800-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-EASTERN MONMOUTH 
NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-SALEM 
NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
156 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2012

...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...
BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...MONMOUTH...ATLANTIC...OCEAN...SALEM AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 155 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF BROOKLYN TO 15 MILES EAST OF TRENTON TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MILLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR SIX
FLAGS THEME PARK...SANDY HOOK...MONROE TOWNSHIP...MALAGA AROUND 200
AM...WOODRUFF...TABERNACLE...JACKSONS MILLS...CASSVILLE AROUND 205
AM...SOUTH VINELAND AND SHAMONG AROUND 210 AM.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS...ALONG 
WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL.

LAT...LON 3977 7408 3945 7430 3935 7441 3925 7460
      3913 7470 3945 7537 4046 7421 4042 7401
      4047 7402 4048 7400 4047 7398 4029 7397

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 11:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren57 min
Mar 9, 12:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren59 min
Mar 9, 12:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset62 min
Mar 9, 1:09 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Mar 9, 1:46 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Mar 9, 11:52 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Mar 9, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent63 min
Mar 9, 2:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent62 min
Mar 9, 12:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 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.