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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 2, 2016Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2016, 10:27 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 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 2, 2016, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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 2, 10:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Northfield, NJ
Apr 2, 10:54 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Estell Manor, NJ	PEA SIZE HAIL COVERNG THE GROUND.

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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

348 
WWUS81 KPHI 030227
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1027 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016
 
NJZ016-017-021>023-025-030300-
SALEM-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC-CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ATLANTIC-GLOUCESTER-
1027 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016

...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN
GLOUCESTER... NORTH CENTRAL CAPE MAY...SOUTHERN ATLANTIC...EAST
CENTRAL SALEM AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1024 PM EDT...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ENGLISH CREEK TO NEAR NEWPORT MEADOWS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CORBIN CITY AND ENGLISH CREEK AROUND 1030 PM EDT. 
  SOMERS POINT AROUND 1035 PM EDT. 
  NORTHFIELD AND CEDARVILLE AROUND 1040 PM EDT. 
  PLEASANTVILLE...VENTNOR CITY...ABSECON...FAIRTON AND POMONA AROUND 
  1045 PM EDT. 
  MILLVILLE AND SEABROOK FARMS AROUND 1050 PM EDT. 
  ATLANTIC CITY...BRIGANTINE...ROSENHAYN AND OLIVET AROUND 1055 PM 
  EDT. 
  VINELAND...NEWFIELD AND SOUTH VINELAND AROUND 1100 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE LINWOOD AND
CENTERTON.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A BAND OF MUCH STRONGER WIND WILL FOLLOW BETWEEN 11PM AND MIDNIGHT
WITH SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. 

LAT...LON 3936 7441 3935 7449 3939 7452 3933 7453
      3933 7467 3931 7466 3927 7482 3935 7536
      3938 7542 3955 7515 3949 7438 3949 7441
      3941 7440 3944 7435 3944 7439 3948 7438
      3948 7431 3947 7430
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 245DEG 29KT 3932 7468 3938 7541 
$$

DRAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	88 min
Apr 2, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland	37 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	39 min
Apr 2, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		88 min
Apr 2, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem	51 min
Apr 2, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	51 min
Apr 2, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		65 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset	34 min
Apr 3, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	22 min
Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean	31 min
Apr 3, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Union	26 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		52 min
Apr 3, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		60 min
Apr 3, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	21 min
Apr 3, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	14 min
Apr 3, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	8 min
Apr 3, 1:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		33 min
Apr 3, 5:45 AM EDT	Low Water Advisory	PHI		9 hr
Apr 3, 11:34 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 11:37 AM EDT	Gale Warning	PHI		4 hr
Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT	Low Water Advisory	PHI		113 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT	Gale Watch	PHI		12 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		5 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.