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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2012Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2012, 9:37 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2012, 9:37 AM EDT (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 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, 1.6 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1384 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

838 
WWUS81 KPHI 251337
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
937 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

NJZ020-022>027-251430-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
937 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY AND 
OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 934 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TOMS RIVER TO 7 MILES WEST OF CAPE MAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BARNEGAT...WARETOWN AROUND 945 AM...
BARNEGAT LIGHT AND SURF CITY AROUND 1000 AM.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 
DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE 
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3969 7413 3941 7434 3935 7441 3925 7460
      3899 7478 3893 7487 3892 7497 3902 7496
      3915 7490 3919 7492 3981 7437 3979 7423
      3984 7414 3976 7418 3972 7415 3980 7413
      3983 7410 3982 7408

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland95 min
Jun 25, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI41 hr
Jun 25, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer55 min
Jun 25, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth61 min
Jun 25, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth59 min
Jun 25, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth47 min
Jun 25, 8:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset108 min
Jun 25, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean59 min
Jun 25, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI38 min
Jun 25, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jun 25, 10:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 25, 10:30 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI7 hr
Jun 25, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 25, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic28 min
Jun 25, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic37 min
Jun 25, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic35 min
Jun 25, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jun 25, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 25, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic63 min
Jun 25, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 25, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI49 min
Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 25, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset44 min
Jun 25, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth66 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean55 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean63 min
Jun 25, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean59 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean75 min
Jun 25, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex28 min
Jun 25, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
Jun 25, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex13 min
Jun 25, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
Jun 25, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
Jun 25, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex29 min
Jun 25, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWicomico24 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.