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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2014Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2014, 9:02 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 8, 2014, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 9:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGVineland, NJTREE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS GARDEN ROAD AND NE BLVD.

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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2014-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 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 2014-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

803 
WWUS81 KPHI 090102
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

NJZ021>026-090200-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY...
CUMBERLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 859 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
LAWNSIDE TO MAGNOLIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY 
PRECEDE LIGHTNING AND/OR HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR ROSENHAYN AROUND 910 PM...VINELAND AROUND
920 PM...WEYMOUTH AROUND 930 PM...WHITESBORO-BURLEIGH AROUND 940
PM...WILDWOOD AROUND 950 PM AND VENTNOR CITY AROUND 1000 PM.

LAT...LON 3936 7440 3923 7462 3899 7478 3893 7487
      3894 7498 3917 7490 3921 7504 3918 7515
      3938 7542 3946 7541 3956 7524 3946 7509
      3957 7506 3952 7498 3973 7474 3962 7465
      3956 7442 3949 7439 3957 7433 3952 7426

$$

FORECASTER: AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Jul 8, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem69 min
Jul 8, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington69 min
Jul 8, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more73 min
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean63 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI113 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jul 9, 8:52 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex72 min
Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex65 min
Jul 9, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex49 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren64 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris63 min
Jul 8, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia84 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton59 min
Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester25 min
Jul 9, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh41 min
Jul 9, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh65 min
Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton62 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton53 min
Jul 9, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton92 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Monroe, Northampton48 min
Jul 8, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent37 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot89 min
Jul 8, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle58 min
Jul 9, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex83 min
Jul 9, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.