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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 29, 2012Camden County, Gloucester County, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; 7 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2012, 3:51 AM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; 7 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports 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 29, 2012, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 4:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGElverson, PALARGE LIMBS DOWN
Jun 29, 4:36 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Dublin, PA
Jun 29, 4:50 AM EDTHAIL 1West Chester, PA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 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.

617 
WWUS81 KPHI 290751
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
351 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

DEZ001-NJZ007-009-010-015>019-PAZ054-060>062-067>071-290845-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-
GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-
NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-WARREN NJ-
351 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
BERKS...BUCKS...BURLINGTON...CAMDEN...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...
GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...LEHIGH...MERCER...MONTGOMERY...NEW 
CASTLE...NORTHAMPTON...PHILADELPHIA...SALEM...SOMERSET AND WARREN 
COUNTIES...

AT 345 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES 
WEST OF LEHIGHTON TO READING TO LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR EMERALD...NEW MAHONING AROUND 400 
AM...WALNUTPORT...BEERSVILLE AROUND 415 AM...OLD ORCHARD...GLENDON 
AROUND 430 AM...LAMBERTVILLE AND LANGHORNE MANOR AROUND 445 AM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS 
COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

FREQUENT 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 4034 7598 4062 7601 4065 7599 4074 7577
      4088 7597 4091 7600 4092 7599 4057 7474
      3997 7467 3960 7513 3986 7602 3988 7600
      3998 7599 4003 7594 4011 7595 4014 7589
      4026 7607

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth and 2 more75 min
Jun 29, 5:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more59 min
Jun 29, 5:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Jun 29, 6:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean41 min
Jun 29, 6:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 29, 6:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI46 min
Jun 29, 4:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton76 min
Jun 29, 4:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester48 min
Jun 29, 5:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle67 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Special 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.