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Special Marine Warning 96, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 21, 2021

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special marine warning at Jul 21, 2021, 2:35 PM 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: Jul 21, 2021, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40.0 mph

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

021 
WHUS51 KPHI 211835
SMWPHI
ANZ450-470-211930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.MA.W.0096.210721T1835Z-210721T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
235 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  
Coastal and outer waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 234 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Sea Girt
  Reef, moving east at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Sea Girt Reef, Belmar, Manasquan Inlet and Point Pleasant Beach. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 4026 7365 4014 7355 4010 7405 4011 7405
      4029 7402 4038 7388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 258DEG 26KT 4015 7393 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS

$$

Gorse

1 follow-up statement

984 
FZUS71 KPHI 211856
MWSPHI

Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
256 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

ANZ450-470-211930-
/O.CON.KPHI.MA.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210721T1930Z/
256 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT...

For the following areas...
Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm...
Waters from Sandy Hook NJ to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 to 40 nm...

At 256 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 nm north of Shark
River Reef, moving northeast at 30 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to nearly 50 knots and large hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and 
         suddenly higher waves. Large hail could result in 
         structural damage.

The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the
open water, stay below deck if possible and keep away from ungrounded
metal objects.

&&

LAT...LON 4026 7365 4014 7355 4012 7389 4023 7390
      4035 7382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 228DEG 32KT 4024 7375 

HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...49KTS

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 11:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	36 min
Jul 21, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	34 min
Jul 21, 12:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		89 min
Jul 21, 12:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Ocean	39 min
Jul 21, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	67 min
Jul 21, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic	47 min
Jul 21, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	49 min
Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		95 min
Jul 21, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington	47 min
Jul 21, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	26 min
Jul 21, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	56 min
Jul 21, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	44 min
Jul 21, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	33 min
Jul 21, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	47 min
Jul 21, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Jul 21, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	42 min
Jul 21, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	33 min
Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		56 min
Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jul 21, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		23 min
Jul 21, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		66 min
Jul 21, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		46 min
Jul 21, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May	29 min
Jul 21, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jul 21, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	37 min
Jul 21, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	34 min
Jul 21, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	48 min
Jul 21, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	42 min
Jul 21, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	19 min
Jul 21, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	49 min
Jul 21, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	42 min
Jul 21, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	38 min
Jul 21, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	31 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	25 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.