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Special Marine Warning 22, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 26, 2021

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at May 26, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT. 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
May 26, 2021, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
26 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 478 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

859 
WHUS51 KPHI 262304
SMWPHI
ANZ430-262330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.MA.W.0022.210526T2304Z-210526T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
704 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Upper Delaware Bay...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 704 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 nm west of Stony
  Point, moving east at 35 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Woodland Beach, Stony Point, Sea Breeze, Pea Patch Island and Reedy
  Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.

&&

LAT...LON 3967 7562 3976 7551 3932 7529 3931 7556
      3940 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 252DEG 35KT 3944 7570 

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

$$

Meola
1 follow-up statement
406 
FZUS71 KPHI 262328
MWSPHI

Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
728 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

ANZ430-262338-
/O.EXP.KPHI.MA.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210526T2330Z/
728 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...

The affected areas were... 
Upper Delaware Bay...

The thunderstorm has weakened and no longer poses a significant
threat to boaters.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
central and northern Delaware...southern New Jersey...and the
adjacent coastal waters.

LAT...LON 3967 7562 3976 7551 3932 7529 3931 7556
      3940 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 252DEG 35KT 3951 7543 

$$

Meola

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer48 min
May 26, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren41 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more67 min
May 26, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset31 min
May 26, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
May 26, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
May 26, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI71 min
May 26, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks56 min
May 26, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh65 min
May 26, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton44 min
May 26, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery38 min
May 26, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester53 min
May 26, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks38 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.