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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 8, 2021Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2021, 11:22 AM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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
May 8, 2021, 11:22 AM EDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 11:25 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Seaside Heights, NJ
May 8, 11:30 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Brick, NJ

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

120 
WWUS81 KPHI 081522
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1122 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NJZ012>014-020-026-081600-
Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-Ocean-Western Monmouth-Middlesex-
1122 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
NORTHEASTERN OCEAN...EASTERN MONMOUTH AND EASTERN MIDDLESEX 
COUNTIES...

At 1120 AM EDT, radar indicated showers located along a line 
extending from Colonia to Seaside Heights. Movement was northeast at 
10 mph.

Pea size hail is occuuring with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Perth Amboy, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook,
Edison, Lakewood, Middletown, Old Bridge, Howell, Sayreville,
Marlboro, Carteret, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg,
Matawan, Manasquan and Highlands.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 11 and 13.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 27 and 34.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 2.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 87 and 134.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3965 7398 3964 7404 4060 7441 4060 7421
      4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
      4047 7427 4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7413
      4041 7398 4048 7402 4048 7401 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 208DEG 8KT 4060 7435 3995 7408 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth33 min
May 8, 1:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth58 min
May 8, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean15 min
May 8, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean14 min
May 8, 2:34 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI7 hr
May 8, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris48 min
May 8, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI31 min
May 8, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem26 min
May 8, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem37 min
May 8, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 8, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset29 min
May 8, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
May 8, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
May 8, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland29 min
May 8, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset24 min
May 8, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 8, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset29 min
May 8, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
May 8, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent36 min
May 8, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
May 8, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
May 8, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex27 min
May 8, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent34 min
May 8, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's24 min
May 8, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline25 min
May 8, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline24 min
May 8, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline28 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.