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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 2012Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2012, 8:08 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 22 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, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2894 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

639 
WWUS81 KPHI 190008
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
808 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

NJZ022-025-190030-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-
808 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC 
COUNTY...

AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES WEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20-30 
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEAR ATLANTIC CITY AND WILL BE NEAR 
BRIGANTINE AROUND 820 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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 3941 7434 3938 7440 3936 7440 3935 7441
      3931 7450 3933 7462 3946 7456 3945 7433
      3944 7432

$$

FORECASTER: DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 3:04 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI59 hr
Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem50 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI30 min
Jul 19, 2:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle112 min
Jul 19, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle66 min
Jul 19, 3:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle62 min
Jul 19, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 min
Jul 19, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent58 min
Jul 19, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's52 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.