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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 4, 2018Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT for Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 2:22 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 41	Wsw Tuckerton, NJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

812 
WWUS81 KPHI 041815
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
215 PM EDT WED APR 4 2018

NJZ014-020-022>027-041845-
Coastal Atlantic-Eastern Monmouth-Coastal
Ocean-Ocean-Atlantic-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Cape May-Southeastern
Burlington-
215 PM EDT WED APR 4 2018

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

At 215 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Manasquan to Seaville. Movement was
southeast at 45 mph.

Winds up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Atlantic City, Ocean City, Barnegat, Pleasantville,
Beachwood, Somers Point, Brigantine, Northfield, Absecon, Manasquan,
Point Pleasant Beach, North Wildwood, Tuckerton, Wildwood Crest,
Seaside Heights, Sea Isle City, Estell Manor, Avalon and Surf City.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 3977 7410 3975 7420 3974 7419 3976 7410
      3975 7410 3951 7428 3955 7426 3954 7440
      3956 7441 3941 7440 3949 7431 3942 7434
      3933 7465 3929 7455 3899 7479 3893 7497
      4018 7402
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 303DEG 39KT 4011 7397 3922 7473 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 9:42 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	PHI		14 hr
Apr 4, 12:01 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more	10 hr
Apr 4, 2:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	34 min
Apr 4, 3:44 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 3 more	16 hr
Apr 4, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden	31 min
Apr 4, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more	51 min
Apr 4, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		96 min
Apr 4, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		113 min
Apr 4, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland	62 min
Apr 4, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	49 min
Apr 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland	4 hr
Apr 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		59 min
Apr 4, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		90 min
Apr 4, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		92 min
Apr 4, 12:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	26 min
Apr 4, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.