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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 11, 2018Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2018, 8:09 PM EDT for Salem 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
Oct 11, 2018, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2018, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2018-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2018-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted.

886 
WWUS81 KPHI 120009
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
809 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

DEZ001-002-NJZ016-021-120045-
Kent-New Castle-Salem-Cumberland-
809 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL NEW CASTLE...
NORTHERN KENT...NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN SALEM
COUNTIES...

At 808 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Woodland Beach,
or 10 miles north of Dover, moving north at 25 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bridgeton, Middletown, Pennsville, Smyrna, New Castle, Salem,
Alloway, Clayton, Quinton, Delaware City, Greenwich, Shiloh, Woodland
Beach, Green Spring, Hancocks Bridge, Newport Meadows, Wilmington
Manor, Hope Creek, Seabrook Farms and Townsend.

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

LAT...LON 3960 7562 3960 7561 3944 7558 3951 7556
      3949 7553 3957 7551 3959 7558 3964 7555
      3964 7560 3970 7558 3965 7555 3966 7548
      3958 7548 3964 7547 3952 7518 3933 7532
      3934 7536 3920 7541 3926 7574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 201DEG 23KT 3931 7549 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 8:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem8 hr
Oct 11, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem34 min
Oct 11, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem35 min
Oct 11, 9:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester8 hr
Oct 11, 10:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more3 hr
Oct 11, 11:54 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningPHICape May9 hr
Oct 12, 12:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Oct 12, 12:14 AM EDTStorm WarningPHI9 hr
Oct 12, 12:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean3 hr
Oct 12, 1:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean40 min
Oct 12, 1:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean4 hr
Oct 12, 2:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Warren2 hr
Oct 12, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Oct 12, 3:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem7 hr
Oct 12, 5:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean4 hr
Oct 12, 7:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Oct 12, 11:42 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Oct 12, 11:45 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Oct 12, 3:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBurlington37 hr
Oct 11, 10:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent6 hr
Oct 11, 11:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Sussex4 hr
Oct 12, 3:28 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIKent, Sussex6 hr
Oct 12, 3:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIKent6 hr
Oct 12, 2:46 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIKent7 hr
Oct 11, 11:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's4 hr

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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.