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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 2016Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 4:47 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 18, 2016, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WWUS81 KPHI 182047
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
447 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
 
NJZ018-019-022-027-182130-
ATLANTIC-CAMDEN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
447 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...NORTH
CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 447 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EVESHAM...OR 12 MILES
EAST OF GLOUCESTER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVESHAM...VOORHEES...MEDFORD...LINDENWOLD...HAMMONTON...BERLIN...
TABERNACLE...SHAMONG...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES
ESTATES...CHESILHURST...MARLTON
LAKES...WHARTON STATE
FOREST...ATSION...LEISURETOWNE...ATCO...BATSTO...
MARLTON...SPRINGDALE...GREENTREE AND PINE HILL.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3977 7502 3995 7489 3990 7447 3958 7468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 280DEG 22KT 3985 7488 
$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:04 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Jul 18, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex63 min
Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon39 min
Jul 18, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon50 min
Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem56 min
Jul 18, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset38 min
Jul 18, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem46 min
Jul 18, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem38 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 18, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jul 18, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem53 min
Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 min
Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean24 min
Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 18, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
Jul 18, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon62 min
Jul 18, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Jul 18, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester38 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Northampton47 min
Jul 18, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia43 min
Jul 18, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's57 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.