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Special Marine Warning 116, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 20, 2021

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at Aug 20, 2021, 8:20 AM EDT. It was in force for 55 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 20, 2021, 8:20 AM EDT (12:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2021, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 mph

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 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 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2021-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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 2021-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

620 
WHUS51 KPHI 201220
SMWPHI
ANZ453-454-473-475-201315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.MA.W.0116.210820T1220Z-210820T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
820 AM EDT Fri Aug 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20
nm...
Outer waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island DE out 20 to
40 nm...

* Until 915 AM EDT.

* At 820 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing
  waterspouts were located along a line extending from Buoy 4fb to 16
  nm east of Delaware Lightship Buoy 44009, moving northeast at 25
  knots.

  HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally 
           hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly 
           higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  28-Mile Wreck, Deepwater Reef, Five Fathoms Buoy and Buoy 4fb. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3882 7472 3915 7416 3886 7388 3876 7400
      3873 7404 3870 7415 3861 7417 3851 7426
      3845 7426 3842 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1220Z 243DEG 23KT 3880 7461 3851 7436 

WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

CMS
1 follow-up statement
295 
FZUS71 KPHI 201313
MWSPHI

Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
913 AM EDT Fri Aug 20 2021

ANZ453-454-473-475-201322-
/O.EXP.KPHI.MA.W.0116.000000T0000Z-210820T1315Z/
913 AM EDT Fri Aug 20 2021

...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM EDT...

The affected areas were... 

Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20
nm...
Outer waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Fenwick Island DE out 20 to
40 nm...

The thunderstorms have moved out of the area and no longer pose a
significant threat to boaters.

LAT...LON 3882 7472 3915 7416 3886 7388 3876 7400
      3873 7404 3870 7415 3861 7417 3851 7426
      3845 7426 3842 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 243DEG 23KT 3895 7424 3866 7399 

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 8:15 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Ocean3 days
Aug 20, 3:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland37 min
Aug 20, 3:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic35 min
Aug 20, 7:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Aug 20, 8:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Aug 20, 9:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean3 hr
Aug 20, 3:13 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHIMonmouth60 hr
Aug 20, 4:48 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth6 hr
Aug 20, 6:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent8 hr
Aug 20, 6:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Aug 20, 8:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Sussex117 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.