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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 23, 2020Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2020, 3:13 PM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2020, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2020, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2020-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

823 
WWUS81 KPHI 231913
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
313 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

NJZ016-017-021-022-231945-
Salem-Cumberland-Atlantic-Gloucester-
313 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND...EAST CENTRAL SALEM AND SOUTHEASTERN
GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...

At 312 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Olivet, or 8
miles northwest of Vineland. The storm is nearly stationary.

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

Locations impacted include...
Vineland, Buena, Newfield, Elmer, Olivet, Malaga, Seabrook Farms,
Victory Lakes and Centerton.

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

LAT...LON 3950 7522 3958 7526 3962 7495 3946 7487
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 242DEG 1KT 3954 7513 

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic30 min
Aug 23, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Gloucester69 min
Aug 23, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden61 min
Aug 23, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem60 min
Aug 23, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem31 min
Aug 23, 3:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Aug 23, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem35 min
Aug 23, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland30 min
Aug 23, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland52 min
Aug 23, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic27 min
Aug 23, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland57 min
Aug 23, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI42 min
Aug 23, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Philadelphia112 min
Aug 23, 2:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware3 hr
Aug 23, 2:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Aug 23, 4:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester5 hr
Aug 23, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Aug 23, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle37 min
Aug 23, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent28 min
Aug 23, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent25 min

Nearby

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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.