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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2016, 9:07 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 1, 2016, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Atlantic County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 9:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Vineland, NJ | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN VINELAND. |
| Apr 1, 9:47 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Mays Landing, NJ | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MAYS LANDING. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
639
WWUS81 KPHI 020107
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
907 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
NJZ016-017-021-022-025-020200-
SALEM-ATLANTIC-CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ATLANTIC-GLOUCESTER-
907 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ... SOUTHEASTERN
GLOUCESTER...ATLANTIC...SOUTHERN SALEM...AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 905 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NEWPORT MEADOWS...OR 7
MILES WEST OF BRIDGETON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINELAND...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...CUMBERLAND...HAMMONTON...ABSECON...
BUENA...EGG HARBOR CITY...ALLOWAY...WEYMOUTH...ESTELL MANOR...NEWFIELD...
PORT REPUBLIC...GREENWICH...SHILOH...MALAGA...HANCOCKS BRIDGE...FAIRTON...
MAYS LANDING AND SEABROOK FARMS.
LAT...LON 3944 7441 3946 7445 3944 7446 3943 7444
3943 7446 3939 7472 3941 7472 3939 7474
3932 7532 3942 7546 3952 7549 3965 7467
3963 7465 3959 7454 3957 7454 3955 7445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 259DEG 39KT 3944 7537
$$
SZATKOWSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 9:06 PM EDT | Storm Warning | PHI | 39 hr | |
| Apr 1, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 3:58 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:26 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 8 hr | |
| Apr 2, 9:47 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 23 hr |
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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.