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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 18, 2017Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2017, 8:26 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 49 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, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2017, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2017-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 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 2017-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

298 
WWUS81 KPHI 190026
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
826 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

NJZ020>027-190115-
Coastal Atlantic-Cumberland-Coastal Ocean-Ocean-Atlantic-Atlantic
Coastal Cape May-Cape May-Southeastern Burlington-
826 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHERN OCEAN...CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON
COUNTIES...

At 826 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Penn State Forest to near North Cape
May. Movement was east at 25 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Barnegat, Pleasantville, Hammonton,
Beachwood, Somers Point, Brigantine, Northfield, Absecon, Egg Harbor
City, North Wildwood, Tuckerton, Wildwood Crest, Weymouth, Woodbine,
Sea Isle City, Estell Manor, Avalon and Surf City.

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.

LAT...LON 3969 7416 3971 7413 3950 7434 3956 7441
      3941 7440 3949 7431 3942 7434 3933 7468
      3929 7455 3899 7479 3893 7497 3916 7489
      3920 7502 3985 7459 3993 7411 3986 7413
      3986 7412 3994 7407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 269DEG 21KT 3976 7449 3903 7500 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks65 min
Aug 18, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex32 min
Aug 18, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex52 min
Aug 18, 9:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex50 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.