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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, 6:12 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2012, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Bayville, NJHALF INCH HAIL REPORTED IN BAYVILLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

845 
WWUS81 KPHI 072212
SPSPHI

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

NJZ020-026-072300-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
612 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OCEAN COUNTY...

AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH. 

HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM, AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND 
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH 
AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

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

LAT...LON 3989 7408 3988 7407 3980 7407 3975 7409
      3966 7415 3966 7416 3991 7435 4001 7419
      3992 7406

$$

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, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean47 min
Jun 7, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.