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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 10, 201216 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 10:05 AM EDT for 16 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 115 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2012, 10:05 AM EDT (14:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 23 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 10:30 AM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 43Lewes, DE
Aug 10, 11:40 AM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 42Seaside Heights, NJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1737 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

930 
WWUS81 KPHI 101405
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1005 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012

DEZ001>004-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ055-062-067>071-101600-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CHESTER PA-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHAMPTON PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1005 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED WIND 
GUSTS...

AT 1000 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 
MILES NORTH OF NEWTON TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD BROKEN OUT AHEAD 
OF THE LINE. 

THE MAIN LINE WILL BE NEAR WOODLYNNE AND BRIDGETON AROUND 1000 
AM...SUSSEX AND WISSINOMING AROUND 1015 AM...VERNON VALLEY AND 
VOORHEES AROUND 1030 AM...MONMOUTH JUNCTION AND SOUTH BRUNSWICK 
AROUND 1045 AM...AND WINDSOR AND SOUTH BETHANY AROUND 1100 AM.

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 THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGEST  
STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING 
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3975 7409 3893 7495 3893 7496 3916 7490
      3949 7557 3948 7558 3880 7508 3846 7504
      3846 7569 3944 7577 4115 7510 4129 7483
      4123 7443 4105 7449 4090 7427 4061 7443
      4042 7401 4048 7400 4047 7398 4044 7397

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Aug 10, 4:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI50 hr
Aug 10, 8:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Sussex, Warren94 min
Aug 10, 8:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Sussex, Warren92 min
Aug 10, 9:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 5 more3 hr
Aug 10, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Aug 10, 10:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 8 more4 hr
Aug 10, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Aug 10, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Aug 10, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 10, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 2 more80 min
Aug 9, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh66 min
Aug 9, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe96 min
Aug 9, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks55 min
Aug 9, 10:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe98 min
Aug 9, 10:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonroe83 min
Aug 10, 7:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 1 more3 hr
Aug 10, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex65 min
Aug 10, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2012Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.