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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2018Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 8:28 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 7, 2018, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2018, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 7, 9:18 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 46	Sandy Hook Nos Buoy, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

690 
WWUS81 KPHI 080028
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
828 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018

NJZ013-014-080115-
Eastern Monmouth-Western Monmouth-
828 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MONMOUTH COUNTY...

At 825 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located over Manalapan and 
over Middletown Township. They were moving east at 15 mph.

Winds up to 30 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations that may be impacted include...

Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Howell, Marlboro, 
Manalapan, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan, 
Highlands, Farmingdale, East Freehold, West Freehold, Adelphia, 
Yorketown, Navesink and Collingwood Park.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may 
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4014 7403 4018 7442 4027 7441 4035 7431
      4046 7413 4041 7402 4044 7399 4048 7402
      4048 7401 4047 7399 4044 7397 4042 7400
      4041 7398 4038 7399 4038 7397 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 259DEG 11KT 4026 7435 

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	44 min
Aug 7, 9:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth	114 min
Aug 7, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	4 hr
Aug 7, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland	27 min
Aug 8, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	67 min
Aug 8, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex	35 min
Aug 8, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	43 min
Aug 8, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	35 min
Aug 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	37 min
Aug 7, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Talbot	50 min
Aug 7, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Caroline	39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.