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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2012Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2012, 10:29 PM EDT for Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 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 12, 2012, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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.

410 
WWUS81 KPHI 130229
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1029 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NJZ021>025-130330-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1029 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CAPE
MAY...ATLANTIC AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1024 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES NORTH OF CAPE
MAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR GREEN CREEK...
BELLEPLAIN FOREST AROUND 1035 PM...RIO GRANDE...ERMA...CAPE MAY
AROUND 1040 PM...WHITESBORO-BURLEIGH...GOSHEN AROUND 1045 PM...
DENNISVILLE AROUND 1050 PM...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE AND WEST WILDWOOD
AROUND 1055 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER 
TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 3917 7467 3910 7470 3899 7478 3893 7487
      3892 7497 3894 7498 3902 7496 3909 7491
      3915 7490 3918 7495 3919 7503 3921 7504
      3919 7513 3935 7513 3936 7451 3931 7451

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem97 min
Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem106 min
Jun 12, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren117 min
Jun 12, 10:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean3 hr
Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem6 hr
Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex104 min
Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland62 min
Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean28 hr
Jun 12, 10:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle6 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.