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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 30, 2021Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2021, 7:20 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 25 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: Aug 30, 2021, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 30, 7:24 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 39	1 Ssw North Cape May, NJ	CAPE MAY WEATHERFLOW SITE GUSTS TO 39 MPH AT 724 PM.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

049 
WWUS81 KPHI 302320
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
720 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021
 
NJZ023-024-302345-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May NJ-Cape May NJ-
720 PM EDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Cape
May County through 745 PM EDT...

At 720 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
North Cape May, or over Cape May, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Frequent cloud 
         to ground lightning is occurring with this storm and is 
         affected the beaches.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cape May, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, West Cape May, Stone
Harbor, Diamond Beach, Green Creek, Rio Grande, North Cape May, Cape
May Court House, Villas, West Wildwood, Erma and Whitesboro-Burleigh.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 7.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

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 3893 7500 3905 7495 3905 7473 3890 7488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 277DEG 18KT 3897 7492 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 30, 5:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	71 hr
Aug 30, 5:44 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more	3 hr
Aug 30, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland	27 min
Aug 30, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland	44 min
Aug 30, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	24 min
Aug 30, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Aug 30, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		61 min
Aug 30, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	22 min
Aug 30, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	49 min
Aug 30, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		89 min
Aug 30, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	34 min
Aug 30, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		59 min
Aug 30, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	31 min
Aug 30, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	31 min
Aug 30, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	28 min
Aug 30, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	29 min
Aug 30, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	33 min
Aug 30, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	51 min

Nearby

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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.