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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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 2, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Monmouth County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
698 WWUS81 KPHI 021809 SPSPHI Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 209 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018 NJZ012>015-019-020-021845- Northwestern Burlington-Eastern Monmouth-Ocean-Western Monmouth-Middlesex-Mercer- 209 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN OCEAN... SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES... At 208 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Cream Ridge, or 14 miles southeast of Trenton, moving northeast at 30 mph. Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Lakewood, Old Bridge, Jackson, Howell, Marlboro, Manalapan, Tinton Falls, Allentown, Farmingdale, Roosevelt, Wrightstown, Brownville, East Freehold, Six Flags Theme Park, Robertsville, Jacksons Mills, West Freehold, Georgetown, Cassville and Adelphia. Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 3996 7454 4009 7470 4043 7431 4020 7404 TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 228DEG 26KT 4008 7455 $$ Kruzdlo
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 20 min |
| Aug 2, 3:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 55 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 38 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.