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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 2012Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2012, 12:34 AM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 5, 2012, 12:34 AM EDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2012, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2012-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1802 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
1802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

097 
WWUS81 KPHI 050434
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1234 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

NJZ013-019-020-026-027-050515-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1234 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL AFFECT 
BURLINGTON...MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG IN BURLINGTON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LEISURETOWNE...BROWNS MILLS...WOODRUFF 
AROUND 1240 AM...COUNTRY LAKE ESTATES...TABERNACLE AROUND 1245 
AM...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...SHAMONG AROUND 1250 AM...SHAMONG...CEDAR 
GLEN LAKES AND WHITING AROUND 1255 AM.

ANOTHER STORM WAS MOVING INTO OCEAN COUNTY.

DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND 
ON ROADS FOR A TIME. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE 
POSSIBLE.

INTENSE 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 3975 7409 3955 7423 3950 7428 3950 7435
      3954 7434 3953 7440 3999 7500 4015 7464
      4014 7459 4018 7458 3991 7411 3986 7412
      3976 7418 3972 7415 3977 7415 3981 7410
      3990 7409 3989 7407

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer37 min
Jul 4, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean38 min
Jul 4, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean29 min
Jul 4, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer46 min
Jul 5, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Mercer37 min
Jul 5, 12:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean40 min
Jul 5, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Jul 5, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean60 min
Jul 5, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland66 min
Jul 5, 4:28 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem24 hr
Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more9 hr
Jul 4, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Jul 4, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh38 min
Jul 4, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh27 min
Jul 4, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery38 min
Jul 4, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery28 min
Jul 5, 1:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh56 min
Jul 5, 1:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton34 min
Jul 5, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent41 min
Jul 5, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's47 min
Jul 5, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's39 min

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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.