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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 21, 2021Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 27 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 21, 2:20 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 541 W Millville Municipal, NJASOS STATION KMIV MILLVILLE.
Apr 21, 2:23 PM EDTHAIL 1Millville, NJ
Apr 21, 2:24 PM EDTHAIL 0.881 Wsw Millville, NJSOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2021-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2021-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

062 
WWUS81 KPHI 211803
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
203 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

NJZ021-211830-
Cumberland-
203 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

At 203 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Greenwich to Dover Base Housing. Movement
was east at 50 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton, Cumberland, Laurel Lake, Greenwich,
Newport, Mauricetown, Leesburg, Port Norris, Dividing Creek, Fairton,
Bricksboro, Cedarville, Port Elizabeth, Bivalve, Fortesque, South
Vineland and Rosenhayn.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3918 7497 3919 7523 3942 7540 3948 7512
      3946 7508 3949 7507 3951 7498 3947 7492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 250DEG 44KT 3939 7533 3913 7548 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 8:48 PM EDTFreeze WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren7 hr
Apr 21, 3:26 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren30 hr
Apr 21, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren50 min
Apr 21, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren21 min
Apr 21, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren27 min
Apr 21, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem50 min
Apr 21, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex58 min
Apr 21, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester36 min
Apr 21, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Apr 21, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset33 min
Apr 21, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean62 min
Apr 21, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean43 min
Apr 21, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem43 min
Apr 21, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth47 min
Apr 21, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Apr 21, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean37 min
Apr 21, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Apr 21, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May32 min
Apr 21, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean40 min
Apr 21, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic28 min
Apr 21, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Apr 21, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Lehigh42 min
Apr 21, 12:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton43 min
Apr 21, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware36 min
Apr 21, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent37 min
Apr 21, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Apr 21, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex42 min
Apr 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex16 min
Apr 21, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.