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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2022, 2:46 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 2, 2022, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2022, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
217
WWUS81 KPHI 020646
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
246 AM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022
NJZ016>019-021>024-027-PAZ070-071-104-020715-
Northwestern Burlington NJ-Salem NJ-Cumberland NJ-Camden NJ-
Atlantic NJ-Atlantic Coastal Cape May NJ-Cape May NJ-Gloucester NJ-
Southeastern Burlington NJ-Eastern Montgomery PA-Delaware PA-
Philadelphia PA-
246 AM EDT Tue Aug 2 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Atlantic,
Cumberland, central Salem, Camden, Gloucester, Cape May, northwestern
Burlington, southeastern Montgomery, Philadelphia and eastern
Delaware Counties through 315 AM EDT...
At 245 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Drexel Hill to near Big Stone Beach. Movement
was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Camden, Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton, Gloucester
City, Cape May, Cumberland, Cherry Hill, Evesham, Mount Laurel,
Chester, Willingboro, Deptford, Voorhees, Medford, West Deptford,
Glassboro, Lindenwold and Hammonton.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 2 and 5.
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 5 and 33.
Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 338 and 351.
Interstate 76 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 3.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 10 and 52.
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 11.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 15.
Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 23 and 44.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 7531 3905 7538 4002 7537 4006 7498
4005 7497 4007 7494 4009 7475 3890 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 270DEG 33KT 3996 7531 3906 7531
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
RCMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 83 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 7 days |
| Aug 2, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.