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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 7, 2012Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2012, 5:13 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 7, 2012, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2012-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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 2012-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

626 
WWUS81 KPHI 072113
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
513 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

NJZ013-014-020-026-072200-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
513 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

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

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL.

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER 
TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS, MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM 
APPROACHES. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE SHORE AREAS, THEREFORE
IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER, MOVE OFF THE BEACHES QUICKLY. 

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM, AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO 
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES. WIND GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3998 7405 3998 7404 3989 7409 3989 7410
      3992 7410 3990 7412 3987 7413 4018 7435
      4027 7416 4015 7401

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:51 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more23 hr
Jun 7, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean42 min
Jun 7, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic54 min
Jun 7, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth62 min
Jun 7, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic34 min
Jun 7, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean48 min
Jun 7, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic41 min
Jun 7, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington41 min
Jun 7, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 7, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic60 min
Jun 7, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks35 min
Jun 7, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot48 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.