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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 29, 20124 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 29, 2012, 4:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 111 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2012, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 111 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 29, 4:30 PM EDT	NON-TSTM WND DMG	Freehold, NJ	NUMEROUS TRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 583 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.

000 
WWUS81 KPHI 292009
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
409 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

DEZ002>004-NJZ013-014-020>027-292200-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-
OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
409 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL AFFECT KENT... 
SUSSEX...BURLINGTON...CAPE MAY...MONMOUTH...ATLANTIC...OCEAN AND 
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONG BRANCH TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
GEORGETOWN. THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL COME ASHORE AND AFFECT THE 
NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS THROUGH 600 PM.

WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED ALONG THE NEW 
JERSEY SHORE...AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE 
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.. 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS 
EARLIER. THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY WEAKEN TREE ROOT SYSTEMS... 
RESULTING IN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 3845 7551 3881 7568 3902 7533 3892 7530
      3879 7511 3915 7490 3921 7505 3977 7452
      4045 7423 4042 7401 4048 7400 4029 7397
      3960 7419 3936 7440 3922 7462 3899 7478
      3892 7497 3871 7506 3844 7505

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 29, 3:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Cape May	3 hr
Oct 29, 6:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem	28 hr
Oct 29, 7:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean	24 hr
Oct 29, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean	117 min
Oct 29, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	2 hr
Oct 29, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 3 more	2 hr
Oct 29, 7:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	23 hr
Oct 29, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	33 hr
Oct 29, 11:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	21 hr
Oct 29, 11:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	19 hr
Oct 29, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks	18 hr
Oct 29, 11:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	18 hr
Oct 29, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Berks	14 hr
Oct 29, 6:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	28 hr
Oct 29, 6:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	28 hr
Oct 29, 8:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	21 hr
Oct 29, 11:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	26 hr
Oct 29, 11:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	18 hr
Oct 29, 11:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	18 hr
Oct 29, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Sussex	119 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2012 Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.