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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2020, 9:01 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 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, 2020, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2020, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Atlantic County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
540
WWUS81 KPHI 030101
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
901 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020
NJZ021>023-025-027-030145-
Coastal Atlantic-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-Southeastern
Burlington-
901 PM EDT Sun Aug 2 2020
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTIES...
At 901 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cumberland, or
near Millville, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Vineland, Atlantic City, Millville, Ocean City, Cumberland,
Pleasantville, Somers Point, Ventnor City, Northfield, Absecon,
Margate City, Egg Harbor City, Laurel Lake, Weymouth, Woodbine,
Estell Manor, Port Republic, Corbin City, Leesburg and
Elwood-Magnolia.
This includes the following highways...
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 28 and 46.
Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 0 and 22.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3927 7469 3924 7485 3923 7511 3942 7513
3964 7454 3936 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 244DEG 33KT 3936 7498
$$
NCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 36 min | |
| Aug 2, 8:53 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 51 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:53 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 51 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:08 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 39 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 12 min | |
| Aug 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 22 min |
| Aug 3, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 73 min | |
| Aug 3, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 27 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.