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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 28, 2021Gloucester County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2021, 7:14 PM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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
Sep 28, 2021, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
30

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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
Sep 28, 7:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGUpper Chichester Twp, PASHINGLES BLOWN OFF A ROOF AND MINOR TREE DAMAGE IN UPPER CHICHESTER TOWNSHIP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-322 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

512 
WWUS81 KPHI 282314
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
714 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021
 
NJZ017-PAZ070-071-102-290000-
Gloucester NJ-Delaware PA-Eastern Chester PA-Philadelphia PA-
714 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Gloucester, east central Chester, southwestern Philadelphia and
Delaware Counties through 800 PM EDT...

At 713 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Gradyville, or near West Chester, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, West Chester, Gloucester City, Chester, Deptford, West
Deptford, Bellmawr, Yeadon, Westtown, Woodbury, Pitman, Folcroft,
Swarthmore, Paulsboro, Westville, Woodbury Heights, National Park,
East Lansdowne, Swedesboro and Brooklawn.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike near exit 2.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike near mile marker 321.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 18.
 Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 347 and 350.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 9 and 25.
 Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 10.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3994 7566 4008 7551 3990 7513 3987 7512
      3984 7509 3979 7507 3966 7521 3966 7523
      3968 7525 3969 7532 3973 7538 3978 7540
      3978 7544 3979 7541 3981 7542 3983 7552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 308DEG 24KT 3997 7551 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren2 hr
Sep 28, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem31 min
Sep 28, 9:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery37 min
Sep 28, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Montgomery28 min
Sep 28, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester45 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.