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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 3, 2012Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
Sep 3, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2012-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 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.

527 
WWUS81 KPHI 032145
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

NJZ020-025>027-032245-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
545 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON AND OCEAN
COUNTIES...

AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR BEACH HAVEN AROUND 615
PM...TUCKERTON...MYSTIC ISLAND AROUND 630 PM...MANAHAWKIN AND OCEAN
ACRES AROUND 645 PM.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A FEW LIGHTNING 
STRIKES IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3955 7423 3950 7430 3947 7429 3942 7433
      3941 7439 3947 7442 3950 7439 3950 7436
      3953 7434 3953 7440 3955 7442 3954 7444
      3956 7446 3970 7454 3976 7424 3959 7420

$$

FORECASTER: HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem3 hr
Sep 3, 8:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester3 hr
Sep 3, 8:57 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester2 hr
Sep 3, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden62 min
Sep 3, 11:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden2 hr
Sep 3, 3:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem49 hr
Sep 3, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Sep 3, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem55 min
Sep 3, 3:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem3 hr
Sep 3, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem66 min
Sep 3, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland116 min
Sep 3, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI31 min
Sep 3, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Ocean2 hr
Sep 3, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May103 min
Sep 3, 6:49 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Sep 3, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic115 min
Sep 3, 12:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware3 hr
Sep 3, 12:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware5 hr
Sep 3, 4:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIDelaware91 min
Sep 3, 4:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 3, 6:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr
Sep 3, 8:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIDelaware82 min
Sep 3, 9:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 3, 12:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr
Sep 3, 2:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester119 min
Sep 3, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIDelaware3 hr
Sep 3, 6:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIDelaware2 hr
Sep 3, 7:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHINew Castle2 hr
Sep 3, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex93 min
Sep 3, 1:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle3 hr
Sep 3, 1:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle3 hr
Sep 3, 2:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex114 min
Sep 3, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle66 min
Sep 3, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle4 hr
Sep 3, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent20 min
Sep 3, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot63 min
Sep 3, 11:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil54 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.