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Dense Fog Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 30, 20219 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this dense fog advisory at Aug 30, 2021, 5:44 AM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2021, 5:44 AM EDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2021-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 787 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

668 
WWUS71 KPHI 300944
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
544 AM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

NJZ013-014-016>027-301200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0005.210830T0944Z-210830T1200Z/
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Southeastern Burlington-
Including the cities of Freehold, Sandy Hook, Pennsville, 
Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson,
Millville, Hammonton, Cape May Court House, Ocean City, 
Atlantic City, Long Beach Island, and Wharton State Forest
544 AM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Visibility a quarter mile or less at times in dense fog.

* WHERE...Portions of central and southern New Jersey.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$

CMS
2 follow-up statements
841 
WWUS71 KPHI 301156
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
756 AM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

NJZ013-014-016>027-301300-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210830T1300Z/
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Southeastern Burlington-
Including the cities of Freehold, Sandy Hook, Pennsville, 
Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson,
Millville, Hammonton, Cape May Court House, Ocean City, 
Atlantic City, Long Beach Island, and Wharton State Forest
756 AM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Visibility a quarter mile or less at times in dense fog.

* WHERE...Portions of central and southern New Jersey.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$

JEO
031 
WWUS71 KPHI 301327
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
927 AM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

NJZ013-014-016>027-301430-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210830T1300Z/
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Southeastern Burlington-
Including the cities of Freehold, Sandy Hook, Pennsville, 
Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson,
Millville, Hammonton, Cape May Court House, Ocean City, 
Atlantic City, Long Beach Island, and Wharton State Forest
927 AM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Visibility has improved and fog is no longer expected to pose a
threat. The advisory has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 5:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more71 hr
Aug 30, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland27 min
Aug 30, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland44 min
Aug 30, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic24 min
Aug 30, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Aug 30, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Aug 30, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic22 min
Aug 30, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May49 min
Aug 30, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Aug 30, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May34 min
Aug 30, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May25 min
Aug 30, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 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.