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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2012Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
Jul 1, 2012, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
Jul 1, 8:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGShip Bottom, NJWIRES DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 792 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

855 
WWUS81 KPHI 020016
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

NJZ020-026-027-020100-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER BURLINGTON AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 809 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TOMS RIVER TO ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BARNEGAT
AND BARNEGAT LIGHT AROUND 830 PM...AND SHIP BOTTOM AND NORTH BEACH 
HAVEN AROUND 845 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL MAY DEVELOP WITH THESE STORMS.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU HEAR 
THUNDER...PLEASE MOVE INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3977 7408 3969 7413 3950 7428 3965 7463
      3987 7431 3984 7414 3976 7418 3972 7415
      3974 7414 3977 7415 3978 7413 3980 7413
      3982 7410 3982 7408

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean57 min
Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 1, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic24 min
Jul 1, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May62 min
Jul 1, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 min
Jul 2, 2:56 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more7 hr
Jul 2, 4:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.