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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2022Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2022, 1:45 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2022, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2022, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2022-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 560 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 26, 1:34 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:34 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 8:10 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
810 AM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-070-071-101>106-271215-
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-
Talbot-Caroline-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-
Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-
Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
810 AM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, northern
Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, central New
Jersey, northern New Jersey, northwest New Jersey, southern New
Jersey, east central Pennsylvania, northeast Pennsylvania and
southeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ430-431-450>455-271215-
Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm-
810 AM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and
Delaware Bay Waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 1:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
145 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

NJZ016-021-022-261815-
Salem NJ-Cumberland NJ-Atlantic NJ-
145 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Atlantic, central Cumberland and southeastern Salem Counties through
215 PM EDT...

At 145 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fairton, or near Bridgeton, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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...
Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton, Cumberland, Buena, Laurel Lake,
Estell Manor, Newport, Dorothy, Fairton, Cedarville, Port Elizabeth,
South Vineland and Rosenhayn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 7480 3931 7483 3932 7486 3931 7489
      3929 7523 3947 7528 3953 7501 3951 7499
      3955 7494 3957 7486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 259DEG 20KT 3940 7517

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 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 26, 3:27 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI23 hr
Aug 26, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth28 min
Aug 26, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Aug 26, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean24 min
Aug 26, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington34 min
Aug 26, 2:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISchuylkill41 min
Aug 26, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot50 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.