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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2012Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2012, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 899 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 12:00Z on 2012-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

848 
WWUS81 KPHI 281813
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
213 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

NJZ024-281915-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-
213 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CAPE MAY COUNTY...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAPE MAY...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CAPE MAY POINT...NORTH CAPE MAY
AROUND 230 PM...CAPE MAY AROUND 245 PM...WILDWOOD CREST AND WILDWOOD
AROUND 300 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3894 7498 3898 7497 3899 7488 3900 7487
      3901 7478 3899 7478 3893 7487 3892 7491
      3892 7497

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden90 min
Jul 28, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth58 min
Jul 28, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer39 min
Jul 28, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean60 min
Jul 28, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean44 min
Jul 28, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland58 min
Jul 28, 12:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean55 min
Jul 28, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset48 min
Jul 28, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 28, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jul 28, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean55 min
Jul 28, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Jul 28, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 28, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Jul 28, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth64 min
Jul 28, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris53 min
Jul 28, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min
Jul 28, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex67 min
Jul 28, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden3 hr
Jul 28, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris64 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI42 min
Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington57 min
Jul 28, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden63 min
Jul 28, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic66 min
Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris53 min
Jul 28, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren60 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren81 min
Jul 28, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren55 min
Jul 28, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic59 min
Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Jul 28, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington63 min
Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset56 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden54 min
Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jul 28, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean38 min
Jul 28, 5:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren3 hr
Jul 28, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic3 hr
Jul 28, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland53 min
Jul 28, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset62 min
Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren57 min
Jul 28, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic55 min
Jul 28, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 28, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem57 min
Jul 28, 6:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more99 min
Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland56 min
Jul 28, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren60 min
Jul 28, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 28, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic66 min
Jul 28, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic58 min
Jul 28, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren65 min
Jul 28, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon64 min
Jul 28, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks52 min
Jul 28, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe63 min
Jul 28, 12:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe2 hr
Jul 28, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia59 min
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe57 min
Jul 28, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester57 min
Jul 28, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe64 min
Jul 28, 5:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe3 hr
Jul 28, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton61 min
Jul 28, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe59 min
Jul 28, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon67 min
Jul 28, 5:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe3 hr
Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe60 min
Jul 28, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHILehigh, Northampton3 hr
Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton62 min
Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks65 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton63 min
Jul 28, 7:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh116 min
Jul 28, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester53 min
Jul 28, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe62 min
Jul 28, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester48 min
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
Jul 28, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle55 min
Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil63 min
Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil65 min
Jul 28, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil95 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.