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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2012, 6:09 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2012, 6:09 AM EDT (10:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2012, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020
WWUS81 KPHI 181009
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
609 AM EDT SAT AUG 18 2012
NJZ021>025-181045-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
609 AM EDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 603 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VINELAND TO 16 MILES
SOUTH OF MILLVILLE TO 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MIZPAH...ELDORA AROUND 615
AM...WEYMOUTH...DOROTHY...BELLEPLAIN FOREST AROUND 620 AM...VILLAS...
GREEN CREEK...GOSHEN...DENNISVILLE AROUND 625 AM AND
WHITESBORO-BURLEIGH AROUND 630 AM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE WILL BE A
FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES.
LAT...LON 3940 7435 3935 7441 3932 7450 3925 7460
3899 7478 3893 7487 3892 7497 3894 7498
3902 7496 3915 7490 3918 7495 3919 7503
3921 7504 3921 7510 3952 7500 3955 7441
3950 7439 3950 7433
$$
FORECASTER: DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 81 min |
| Aug 17, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 81 min |
| Aug 17, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 89 min |
| Aug 17, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 65 min |
| Aug 17, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 65 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.