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 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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Bayville, NJ | HALF 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.
- 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
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: GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jun 7, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 48 min |
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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.