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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 7, 2012Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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.

505 
WWUS81 KPHI 072330
SPSPHI

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

NJZ021>025-080030-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
730 PM EDT THU JUN 7 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG NEARLY A SOLID LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 
MILES NORTH OF MILLVILLE TO 11 MILES EAST OF VINELAND TO 4 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORTHFIELD AROUND 735 PM...VENTNOR 
CITY...ESTELL MANOR...BRIGANTINE...ATLANTIC CITY AROUND 740 
PM...ENGLISH CREEK...CUMBERLAND...LINWOOD AROUND 745 PM...MARGATE 
CITY AROUND 750 PM AND PORT ELIZABETH AROUND 755 PM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS, AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND 
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH 
AND HAIL UP TO SIZE OF DIMES 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 3938 7440 3935 7441 3932 7450 3925 7460
      3914 7469 3914 7483 3949 7516 3948 7511
      3946 7509 3948 7507 3943 7443 3942 7435
      3941 7435

$$

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, 6:12 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, 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.