Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ship Bottom, NJ | WIRES 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.
- 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
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
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 1, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 116 min | |
| Jul 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 62 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.