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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 4, 2012Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2012, 11:09 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 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
May 4, 2012, 11:09 PM EDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2012-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

315 
WWUS81 KPHI 050309
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1109 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NJZ013-014-020-026-050415-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1109 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 1104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LAKEWOOD...JACKSON AROUND
1115 PM...LEISURE VILLAGE EAST...BRICK TOWNSHIP AROUND 1130 PM...
SILVERTON...LAVALLETTE AROUND 1145 PM...SEASIDE HEIGHTS AND SEASIDE
PARK AROUND MIDNIGHT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...IN ADDITION TO 
SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 3998 7405 3998 7404 3995 7406 3985 7408
      3986 7410 3992 7410 3989 7412 3989 7413
      4014 7445 4028 7430 4012 7402

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean57 min
May 5, 3:27 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more21 hr
May 4, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.