Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2017, 11:28 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 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 18, 2017, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2017, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
588
WWUS81 KPHI 181528
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1128 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017
NJZ020-026-027-181615-
Coastal Ocean-Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-
1128 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...
At 1127 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bass River
State Forest, or 18 miles north of Atlantic City, moving east at 30
mph. Some additional thunderstorms are occurring out ahead of this
stronger storm.
Winds up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Locations impacted include...
Barnegat, Tuckerton, Bass River State Forest, New Gretna, Beach Haven
West, Mystic Island, Manahawkin, Ocean Acres and Waretown.
LAT...LON 3980 7410 3981 7417 3977 7412 3978 7414
3979 7418 3974 7419 3976 7410 3975 7410
3972 7418 3968 7415 3969 7419 3964 7418
3967 7422 3962 7420 3963 7426 3958 7422
3961 7428 3956 7446 3968 7453 3986 7408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 248DEG 27KT 3963 7440
$$
GorseThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:41 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 18 hr | |
| Aug 18, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 11:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 4:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
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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.