Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Oct 16, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)

Expired

Oct 16, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Hail

0.00 in

Wind

40

Counties New Castle County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS81 KPHI 162018
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
418 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
 
DEZ001-002-MDZ015-NJZ012-013-015>025-027-PAZ070-071-102>104-106-
162115-
Kent DE-New Castle DE-Queen Anne's MD-Coastal Atlantic NJ-Salem NJ-
Camden NJ-Atlantic NJ-Mercer NJ-Southeastern Burlington NJ-
Northwestern Burlington NJ-Cumberland NJ-Ocean NJ-
Western Monmouth NJ-Middlesex NJ-Atlantic Coastal Cape May NJ-
Cape May NJ-Gloucester NJ-Lower Bucks PA-Eastern Montgomery PA-
Philadelphia PA-Western Montgomery PA-Delaware PA-Eastern Chester PA-
418 PM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...A gust front and an associated line of showers behind it will 
impact portions of central New Castle, northern Kent, eastern Queen 
Anne's, northwestern Ocean, Camden, Mercer, Atlantic, Cumberland, 
Salem, Gloucester, northern Cape May, Burlington, central Monmouth, 
southern Middlesex, southeastern Montgomery, southeastern Bucks, 
east central Chester, Philadelphia and Delaware Counties through 515 
PM EDT...

At 414 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front and an 
associated line of showers behind it along a line extending from 
Pennington to near Dover Base Housing. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, Wilmington, Vineland, Dover,
Millville, Bridgeton, Middletown, Ocean City, Gloucester City,
Cumberland, Cherry Hill, Old Bridge, Bensalem, Jackson, East
Brunswick, Evesham, Mount Laurel and Marlboro.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 9.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 324 and 359.
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 21 and 29.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 40.
 Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 11 and 23.
 Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 327 and 351.
 Interstate 76 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 3.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 25.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 76.
 Interstate 676 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1.
 Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 4.
 Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 19.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 21 and 52, and between
mile markers 116 and 119.
 Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 4 and 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3922 7456 3914 7581 4023 7541 4044 7416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 254DEG 36KT 4033 7482 3910 7544 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Fitzsimmons

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