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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2021Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 30, 2021, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 9:22 PM EDTHAIL 0.71 Wnw Mount Pleasant, DE
Jun 30, 9:25 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 533 W Mount Pleasant, DECWOP STATION FW7093 MEASURED GUST.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2021-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -102 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1401 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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WWUS81 KPHI 010121
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
921 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

DEZ001-NJZ016-010200-
New Castle-Salem-
921 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NEW CASTLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTIES...

At 921 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Brantwood, or
near Elkton, moving east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 45 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, Pennsville, Carneys Point, New
Castle, Penns Grove, Salem, Woodstown, Alloway, Quinton, Delaware
City, Newport, Saint Georges, Mount Pleasant, Glasgow, Bear, Delaware
Memorial Bridge, Port Penn and Wilmington Manor.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike near exit 1.
 Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 0 and 13.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 8.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3979 7542 3978 7540 3976 7540 3975 7538
      3973 7538 3968 7530 3956 7524 3955 7525
      3945 7578 3966 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 250DEG 28KT 3955 7579 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer38 min
Jun 30, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jun 30, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset40 min
Jun 30, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth26 min
Jun 30, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 1, 2:58 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Jul 1, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth50 min
Jul 1, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic29 min
Jul 1, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 1, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland29 min
Jul 1, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI114 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Salem and 1 more48 min
Jul 1, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland, Salem80 min
Jul 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more46 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer28 min
Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more93 min
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMercer, Monmouth, Ocean25 min
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jul 1, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Jul 1, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Jun 30, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Montgomery44 min
Jul 1, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Montgomery39 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery47 min
Jul 1, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Montgomery77 min
Jul 1, 3:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia112 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia40 min
Jul 1, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex52 min
Jul 1, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent52 min
Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle94 min
Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex43 min
Jul 1, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent, Sussex22 min
Jul 1, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex48 min
Jul 1, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot48 min
Jul 1, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot49 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.