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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 6, 2022Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2022, 1:33 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2022, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 946 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

358 
WWUS81 KPHI 061733
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
133 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022
 
DEZ002-003-NJZ023-061800-
Inland Sussex DE-Kent DE-Cape May NJ-
133 PM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Sussex, southeastern Kent and west central Cape May Counties through
200 PM EDT...

At 133 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Big Stone Beach, or 17 miles north of Georgetown, moving northeast at
25 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...
Milford, Big Stone Beach and Port Norris. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3894 7547 3925 7518 3918 7515 3919 7512
      3923 7512 3921 7508 3924 7502 3923 7503
      3919 7503 3918 7491 3920 7492 3916 7483
      3882 7530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 222DEG 21KT 3894 7533 

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

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer36 min
Aug 5, 9:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer3 hr
Aug 5, 10:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer2 hr
Aug 5, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer33 min
Aug 6, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Aug 6, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI13 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May37 min
Aug 5, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks39 min
Aug 5, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot29 min
Aug 5, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's43 min

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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.