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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2012Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2012, 6:42 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 11, 2012, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2012-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2012-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

001 
WWUS81 KPHI 112242
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
642 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

DEZ001-NJZ016-021-112315-
CUMBERLAND NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
642 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CUMBERLAND...NEW CASTLE AND SALEM
COUNTIES...

AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF DOVER TO 14 MILES NORTH OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NEWPORT MEADOWS...HOPE CREEK 
AROUND 650 PM...HANCOCKS BRIDGE...PORT PENN AROUND 655 PM...DELAWARE 
CITY...QUINTON AROUND 700 PM...SALEM...ALLOWAY AROUND 705 
PM...PENNSVILLE AND NEW CASTLE AROUND 710 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 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.

LAT...LON 3973 7556 3964 7518 3935 7539 3943 7547
      3946 7555 3950 7556 3948 7558 3946 7558
      3941 7552 3938 7551 3936 7552 3935 7555
      3933 7557 3936 7574

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

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Aug 11, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Aug 11, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May114 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic40 min
Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris26 min
Aug 11, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset23 min
Aug 11, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester28 min
Aug 11, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex26 min
Aug 11, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer34 min
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Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester49 min
Aug 11, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks27 min
Aug 11, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester23 min
Aug 11, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent61 min
Aug 11, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex85 min
Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex39 min
Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline63 min
Aug 11, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent36 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.