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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2018, 12:23 AM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 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 8, 2018, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2018, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Atlantic County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1899 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted.
645
WWUS81 KPHI 080423
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1223 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
NJZ020-022>027-080530-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-Ocean-Atlantic-Atlantic Coastal Cape
May-Cape May-Southeastern Burlington-
1223 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...SOUTH CENTRAL
OCEAN...NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...
At 1223 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Pleasantville,
or 8 miles northwest of Atlantic City, moving east at 15 mph.
Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Barnegat, Pleasantville, Somers Point,
Ventnor City, Brigantine, Northfield, Absecon, Egg Harbor City,
Tuckerton, Weymouth, Estell Manor, Surf City, Port Republic, Corbin
City, Elwood-Magnolia, Beesleys Point, Wading River and Warren Grove.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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 3966 7418 3956 7433 3961 7420 3950 7429
3956 7441 3952 7442 3941 7440 3949 7431
3947 7430 3936 7442 3933 7468 3929 7455
3918 7468 3953 7487 3985 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 261DEG 13KT 3942 7458
$$
MeolaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 47 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.