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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 22, 2012Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 22, 2012, 11:37 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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 22, 2012, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

818 
WWUS81 KPHI 230337
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1137 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

NJZ020-022-025-026-230430-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
1137 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

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

AT 1134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ATLANTIC CITY TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SHIP BOTTOM AND SURF CITY
AROUND 1145 PM.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3955 7423 3950 7430 3945 7430 3938 7440
      3935 7441 3931 7452 3932 7465 3956 7443
      3956 7442 3959 7440 3969 7430 3968 7414

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HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris39 min
Sep 22, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem60 min
Sep 22, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Sep 22, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean92 min
Sep 22, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem61 min
Sep 22, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI41 min
Sep 22, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean64 min
Sep 22, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland63 min
Sep 22, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Sep 22, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex53 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.