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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 4, 2021Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2021, 6:23 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 4, 2021, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2021-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2021-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

941 
WWUS81 KPHI 042223
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
623 PM EDT Sun Jul 4 2021

NJZ025-026-042300-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
623 PM EDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY...

At 623 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Brigantine, or
9 miles northeast of Atlantic City, moving south at 15 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Brigantine.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

LAT...LON 3929 7420 3934 7439 3952 7440 3957 7423
      3934 7416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 355DEG 15KT 3949 7434 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 1:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren7 hr
Jul 4, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean29 min
Jul 4, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington28 min
Jul 4, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean26 min
Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington32 min
Jul 4, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington25 min
Jul 4, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean36 min
Jul 4, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean37 min
Jul 4, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 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.