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, 6:32 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
660
WWUS81 KPHI 182232
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
632 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
NJZ020-026-182315-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
632 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF OCEAN COUNTY...
AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR BAMBER LAKE...PINE RIDGE AT
CRESTWOOD...LAKEHURST...JACKSON AROUND 640 PM...BROOKVILLE...LEISURE
KNOLL...CEDAR GLEN WEST AROUND 645 PM...HOLIDAY HEIGHTS...OCEAN ACRES
AND LEISURE VILLAGE WEST-PINE LAKE PARK AROUND 650 PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 3990 7407 3981 7407 3975 7409 3967 7415
3967 7435 4007 7454 4011 7416 4010 7415
4011 7409 4009 7407 4011 7405 4010 7402
$$
FORECASTER: GORSEThe 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, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 46 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, 6:45 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.