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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 5, 2012Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT for Ocean 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
Sep 5, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

427 
WWUS81 KPHI 052012
SPSPHI

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

NJZ020-025>027-052045-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
412 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2012

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...BURLINGTON 
AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF TOMS RIVER TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF TOMS RIVER TO 21 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER...DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORTH BEACH HAVEN BETWEEN 420 AND 430  
PM.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS
EARLIER. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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 3977 7408 3960 7419 3951 7427 3950 7430
      3945 7430 3944 7433 3950 7437 3952 7436
      3953 7434 3953 7439 3978 7453 3982 7423
      3996 7412 3990 7406

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden32 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, 4:36 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.