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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 10, 2021Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2021, 3:44 AM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 10, 2021, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2021, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

664 
WWUS81 KPHI 100744
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
344 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021

DEZ001-NJZ016-017-PAZ070-071-100830-
New Castle-Salem-Gloucester-Delaware-Philadelphia-
344 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE...
NORTHWESTERN SALEM...NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHWESTERN
PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

At 344 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Beckett, or 7
miles east of Wilmington, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this 
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Chester, Deptford, West Deptford,
Glassboro, Yeadon, Woodbury, Pitman, Carneys Point, Folcroft,
Paulsboro, Penns Grove, Woodstown, Woodbury Heights, National Park,
Swedesboro, Darby Township, Chester Township and Mullica Hill.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 2.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 16.
 Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 18 and 23.
 Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 346 and 349.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 4 and 24.
 Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 0.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3963 7542 3979 7552 3996 7520 3972 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 243DEG 15KT 3975 7539 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 3:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Apr 10, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester48 min
Apr 10, 4:00 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI3 days
Apr 10, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester56 min
Apr 10, 2:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester41 min
Apr 10, 2:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware40 min

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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.