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 18, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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 18, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Monmouth County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646
WWUS81 KPHI 181929
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
NJZ012>014-182015-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
329 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH
COUNTIES...
AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PERTH AMBOY TO 4 MILES EAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CLIFFWOOD BEACH...KEYPORT...STRATHMORE
AROUND 335 PM...UNION BEACH...SOUTH AMBOY AROUND 345 PM...NORTH
MIDDLETOWN...KEANSBURG AROUND 355 PM...PORT MONMOUTH...MIDDLETOWN
AROUND 400 PM AND LEONARDO AROUND 410 PM.
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 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
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.
THESE STORMS ARE GROWING AS OF 324 PM.
LAT...LON 4034 7397 4039 7426 4049 7443 4051 7425
4047 7425 4045 7420 4047 7418 4046 7416
4046 7412 4042 7403 4044 7399 4042 7397
4036 7396
$$
DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 42 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 113 min |
| Jul 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 107 min |
| Jul 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 22 min |
| Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 38 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset | 81 min |
| Jul 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 34 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 31 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 17 min |
| Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 12 min |
| Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 82 min |
| Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 17 min |
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 68 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.