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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 19, 20139 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2013, 8:48 PM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2013, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2013, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2013-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2013-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 388 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
363 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.

770 
WWUS81 KPHI 200048
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
848 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

NJZ013-014-016>027-200345-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
848 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY....

AT 845 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE 
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE. 
THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH...AND WILL BE 
MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT. 

WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.


LAT...LON 3967 7414 3940 7435 3921 7464 3899 7478
      3893 7496 3917 7490 3918 7515 3965 7555
      3984 7535 3988 7515 3997 7512 4013 7482
      4018 7471 4014 7459 4046 7422 4043 7400
      4044 7400 4048 7402 4048 7401 4032 7396

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Apr 19, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more3 hr
Apr 19, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI110 min
Apr 20, 12:20 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Apr 20, 6:09 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more12 hr
Apr 19, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.