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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2014Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2014, 2:08 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 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
Aug 22, 2014, 2:08 AM EDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2014, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2014-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

393 
WWUS81 KPHI 220608
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
208 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

NJZ020-022-025>027-220715-
ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-OCEAN NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
208 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL
ATLANTIC...OCEAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 204 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
GILFORD PARK TO WHARTON STATE FOREST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. 

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SEASIDE HEIGHTS AROUND 220 AM...PENN STATE
FOREST...PENN STATE FOREST...AND BROOKVILLE AROUND 230 AM...
WARETOWN...AND WARREN GROVE AROUND 240 AM...OCEAN ACRES...AND
BARNEGAT AROUND 250 AM...MANAHAWKIN AND BARNEGAT LIGHT AROUND 300 AM.

LAT...LON 3991 7406 3989 7408 3977 7408 3977 7409
      3967 7414 3960 7421 3956 7422 3952 7426
      3943 7447 3981 7476 4007 7410 4000 7404

$$

FORECASTER: SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon55 min
Aug 21, 10:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren4 hr
Aug 21, 10:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Aug 21, 11:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset4 hr
Aug 21, 11:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren4 hr
Aug 22, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May37 min
Aug 22, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean62 min
Aug 22, 1:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Ocean4 hr
Aug 22, 3:01 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI3 days
Aug 21, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe63 min
Aug 21, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks54 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.