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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 2012Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2012, 12:13 AM EDT for Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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 13, 2012, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2012, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.

611 
WWUS81 KPHI 130413
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1213 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

NJZ021>025-130515-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1213 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

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

AT 1208 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MILLVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SHOWER WILL BE NEAR
BELLEPLAIN FOREST...ELDORA AROUND 1225 AM...ESTELL MANOR AROUND 1230
AM...WOODBINE...CORBIN CITY AROUND 1235 AM...DENNISVILLE...GOSHEN...
GREEN CREEK AROUND 1240 AM...WHITESBORO-BURLEIGH AND ENGLISH CREEK
AROUND 1245 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS SHOWER...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO 
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 
ONE-HALF INCH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING.

IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST...AND GUST TO 25 MPH FOR 
A TIME.

LAT...LON 3935 7442 3932 7450 3925 7460 3899 7479
      3903 7494 3911 7490 3915 7490 3917 7491
      3919 7503 3921 7504 3920 7510 3918 7515
      3925 7521 3938 7518 3937 7441

$$

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, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland61 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, 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.