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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2016Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2016, 11:13 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 17 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
Aug 14, 2016, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3071 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

636 
WWUS81 KPHI 150313
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1113 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
 
NJZ021-023-024-150330-
CAPE MAY-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
1113 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1113 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CAPE MAY COURT
HOUSE... OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CAPE MAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE MAY...NORTH WILDWOOD...WILDWOOD CREST...WOODBINE...
SEA ISLE CITY...AVALON...WEST CAPE MAY...STONE HARBOR...RIO GRANDE...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...SCOTCH BONNET...GOSHEN...DIAMOND BEACH...
ELDORA...GREEN CREEK...DENNISVILLE...NORTH CAPE MAY...STRATHMERE...
VILLAS AND WEST WILDWOOD.

LAT...LON 3896 7496 3897 7494 3897 7496 3914 7489
      3917 7490 3919 7496 3924 7495 3919 7466
      3912 7471 3910 7470 3903 7479 3899 7479
      3894 7486 3893 7491 3893 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 276DEG 30KT 3906 7485 
$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer43 min
Aug 14, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex33 min
Aug 14, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Aug 14, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem41 min
Aug 14, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland41 min
Aug 15, 3:21 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 4 more29 hr
Aug 15, 3:56 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI37 hr
Aug 14, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot29 min
Aug 14, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot44 min
Aug 14, 9:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent56 min
Aug 14, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's49 min
Aug 15, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's64 min
Aug 15, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot37 min
Aug 15, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent41 min
Aug 14, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 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.