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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 3, 2016Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2016, 12:39 AM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 21 min. 4 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 3, 2016, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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 3, 12:48 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 58	Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Apr 3, 12:50 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 59	Brick Twp, NJ
Apr 3, 12:50 AM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 59	Brick Twp, NJ	52 KNOT GUST.
Apr 3, 1:00 AM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 47	Bradley Beach, NJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

224 
WWUS81 KPHI 030439
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1239 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016
 
NJZ012>014-020-026-030500-
OCEAN-EASTERN MONMOUTH-WESTERN MONMOUTH-COASTAL OCEAN-MIDDLESEX-
1239 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
MONMOUTH...NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX AND NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 1238 AM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PERTH AMBOY TO
FREEWOOD ACRES TO NEAR CEDAR GLEN WEST...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MANASQUAN AND ALLENWOOD AROUND 1245 AM EDT. 
  ASBURY PARK...POINT PLEASANT BEACH...MANTOLOKING...DOVER BEACHES 
  NORTH AND ELBERON AROUND 1250 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE FORDS...FREEHOLD...
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS...SHREWSBURY...DEAL...WEST LONG BRANCH...HOLIDAY
CITY...LAURENCE HARBOR...EATONTOWN AND BRIELLE.

LAT...LON 4032 7397 4007 7404 4006 7412 4005 7405
      3996 7407 3999 7408 3995 7411 3996 7429
      4016 7425 4058 7437 4060 7421 4056 7421
      4050 7428 4047 7427 4041 7403 4044 7400
      4048 7402 4047 7400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 261DEG 47KT 4052 7431 4017 7421 4004 7424 
$$

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, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland	33 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, 12:46 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

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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.