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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 28, 2020Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2020, 9:04 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 28, 2020, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2020, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1384 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 28, 8:37 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 8:37 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
340 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013>027-PAZ054-060-061-070-071-
101>106-291945-
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD-
Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-
Salem-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-
Atlantic-Cape May-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
Coastal Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Berks-Lehigh-Delaware-
Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-
Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
340 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, northern
Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, central New
Jersey, southern New Jersey, east central Pennsylvania, northeast
Pennsylvania and southeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening may
be accompanied by locally strong wind gusts and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

NJZ001-007>010-012-PAZ055-062-291945-
Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Monroe-Northampton-
340 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern New Jersey,
northwest New Jersey, east central Pennsylvania and northeast
Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

ANZ430-431-450>455-291945-
Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm-
340 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and
Delaware Bay Waters.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening may
be accompanied by locally strong wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed. Please relay any information about
observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state,
and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0716 PM     HAIL             2 W SUDLERSVILLE        39.19N 75.89W
06/28/2020  U0.25 INCH       QUEEN ANNE'S       MD   PUBLIC

            MPING REPORT.

&&

CMS
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
737 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BARCLAY             39.15N 75.87W
06/28/2020                   QUEEN ANNE'S       MD   PUBLIC

            MPING REPORT OF TREE LIMBS DOWN AND SHINGLES
            BLOWN OFF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

CMS
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
740 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020

DEZ002-MDZ015-020-290015-
Kent-Queen Anne's-Caroline-
740 PM EDT Sun Jun 28 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL KENT...EAST CENTRAL
QUEEN ANNE'S AND NORTHEASTERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...

At 740 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Goldsboro, or
12 miles east of Centerville, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Oakland, Goldsboro, Sandtown, Henderson, Marydel and
Templeville.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3911 7589 3914 7577 3903 7559 3897 7571
      3898 7589
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 325DEG 14KT 3909 7583

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 9:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Monmouth, Ocean41 min
Jun 28, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 29, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 29, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth40 min

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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.