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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, 1:12 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 1:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.751 Wsw Strathmore, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

730 
WWUS81 KPHI 081712
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
112 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NJZ012-013-081745-
Western Monmouth-Middlesex-
112 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH AND EAST
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 111 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Matawan, or 7
miles southeast of Perth Amboy, moving east at 10 mph.

Pea size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Middletown, Old Bridge, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg,
Matawan, Lincroft, Brownville, Morganville, Keyport, Shrewsbury,
Madison Park, Strathmore, North Middletown and Laurence Harbor.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 110 and 123.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

LAT...LON 4033 7406 4035 7429 4046 7430 4047 7426
      4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7416 4045 7413
      4044 7409 4043 7408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 267DEG 9KT 4042 7422 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth38 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.