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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 20166 counties in New Jersey; Caroline County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2016, 3:37 AM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Caroline County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 83 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: Jun 21, 2016, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 83 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 2313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

682 
WWUS81 KPHI 210737
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
337 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
 
DEZ001>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ016>027-210900-
DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-NEW CASTLE-CAROLINE-TALBOT-QUEEN
ANNE'S-OCEAN-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-COASTAL OCEAN-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE
MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
337 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY,
DELAWARE, AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...

AT 336 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MULLICA HILL TO NEAR HANCOCKS BRIDGE TO CHESWOLD TO
JUMPTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINELAND...ATLANTIC CITY...DOVER...MILLVILLE...BRIDGETON...
OCEAN CITY...GEORGETOWN...CAPE MAY...CUMBERLAND...DEPTFORD...
WEST DEPTFORD...PLEASANTVILLE...GLASSBORO...LINDENWOLD...HAMMONTON...
SOMERS POINT...VENTNOR CITY...WOODBURY...SMYRNA AND MILFORD.

LAT...LON 3888 7618 3923 7568 3942 7555 3933 7550
      3936 7540 3946 7552 3986 7521 3967 7422
      3950 7434 3956 7441 3947 7437 3949 7441
      3941 7449 3934 7447 3933 7468 3929 7455
      3899 7480 3892 7497 3855 7525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 285DEG 24KT 3975 7522 3950 7541 3921 7560 3897
7593
$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	47 min
Jun 21, 4:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	63 min
Jun 21, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	59 min
Jun 21, 6:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	46 min
Jun 21, 6:48 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		9 hr
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	58 min
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	54 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	35 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	54 min
Jun 21, 3:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Cape May	24 min
Jun 21, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		89 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
Jun 21, 3:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	PHI		17 hr
Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	39 min
Jun 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jun 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		87 min
Jun 21, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	30 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	46 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	51 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	40 min
Jun 21, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		48 min
Jun 21, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May	39 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		63 min
Jun 21, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	28 min
Jun 21, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware	52 min
Jun 21, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	53 min
Jun 21, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	67 min
Jun 21, 2:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	28 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	65 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	53 min
Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	54 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's	40 min
Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.