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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 5, 2012Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2012, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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.

220 
WWUS81 KPHI 051928
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

NJZ017>019-052000-
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
328 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BURLINGTON...CAMDEN AND
GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF GLOUCESTER CITY TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLOUCESTER 
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR 
LAWNSIDE...TAVISTOCK...HADDONFIELD...WOODBURY HEIGHTS AROUND 335 
PM...SPRINGDALE...SOMERDALE...OAK VALLEY...MAGNOLIA AROUND 340 
PM...WENONAH AROUND 345 PM AND EVESHAM AROUND 350 PM.

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

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

LAT...LON 3991 7463 3987 7470 3987 7477 3985 7476
      3984 7477 3972 7496 3977 7539 3989 7510

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

The office that day

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

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Sep 4, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren54 min
Sep 4, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIWarren34 min
Sep 4, 9:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex2 hr
Sep 4, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex56 min
Sep 4, 10:09 PM EDTTornado WarningPHISussex, Warren36 min
Sep 4, 10:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex57 min
Sep 4, 11:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Sep 5, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
Sep 5, 12:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Sep 5, 7:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren55 min
Sep 5, 8:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren58 min
Sep 5, 9:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris62 min
Sep 5, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington49 min
Sep 5, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean41 min
Sep 5, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth45 min
Sep 5, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean40 min
Sep 5, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI26 min
Sep 5, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean57 min
Sep 5, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem57 min
Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Sep 5, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean30 min
Sep 5, 4:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean56 min
Sep 5, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean33 min
Sep 5, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic39 min
Sep 5, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI43 min
Sep 5, 4:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIOcean81 min
Sep 5, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic28 min
Sep 5, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland23 min
Sep 5, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Ocean98 min
Sep 5, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic39 min
Sep 5, 6:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic28 min
Sep 5, 6:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe60 min
Sep 5, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle73 min
Sep 5, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent67 min
Sep 5, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot61 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.