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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 9, 2021Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 9, 2021, 3:14 AM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 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: Sep 9, 2021, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2021, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 933 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

812 
WWUS81 KPHI 090714
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
314 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021
 
NJZ020>027-090745-
Coastal Atlantic NJ-Cumberland NJ-Coastal Ocean NJ-Ocean NJ-
Atlantic NJ-Atlantic Coastal Cape May NJ-Cape May NJ-
Southeastern Burlington NJ-
314 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Atlantic,
southeastern Cumberland, south central Ocean, northern Cape May and
southeastern Burlington Counties through 345 AM EDT...

At 314 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Corbin City, or 7 miles west of Ocean City, moving northeast at 55
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

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...
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Pleasantville, Somers Point, Ventnor City,
Brigantine, Northfield, Absecon, Margate City, Egg Harbor City,
Tuckerton, Weymouth, Woodbine, Sea Isle City, Estell Manor, Avalon,
Port Republic, Longport, Corbin City and Elwood-Magnolia.

This includes the following highways...
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 13 and 60.
 Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 0 and 22.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3909 7475 3928 7501 3983 7451 3954 7415
TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 219DEG 49KT 3929 7474 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Warren	3 hr
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex, Warren	29 min
Sep 8, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex, Warren	47 min
Sep 8, 10:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	6 hr
Sep 8, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	34 min
Sep 8, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	48 min
Sep 8, 11:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex	4 hr
Sep 9, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren	23 min
Sep 9, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Sep 9, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	30 min
Sep 9, 12:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		52 min
Sep 9, 2:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	28 min
Sep 9, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	29 min
Sep 9, 3:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland	112 min
Sep 9, 4:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	4 hr
Sep 8, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	28 min
Sep 8, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	48 min
Sep 8, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	52 min
Sep 8, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	44 min
Sep 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	7 hr
Sep 8, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks	3 hr
Sep 8, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	49 min
Sep 8, 10:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Berks	22 min
Sep 8, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	33 min
Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	3 hr
Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	58 min
Sep 8, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	40 min
Sep 9, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	37 min
Sep 9, 4:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	32 min
Sep 9, 1:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	New Castle	62 min
Sep 9, 5:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	3 hr

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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.