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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 16, 2023Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2023, 2:42 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 16, 2023, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2023, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.5

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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 Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 12:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
213 PM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 PM     Flash Flood      1 W New Brunswick       40.50N 74.46W
07/16/2023                   Middlesex          NJ   911 Call Center

            Report of a vehicle stuck near Woodbridge
            Street.

&&

Hoeflich

Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:40 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
240 PM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 PM     Flood            Federalsburg            38.69N 75.77W
07/16/2023                   Caroline           MD   911 Call Center

            Minor street flooding in Federalsburg.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
242 PM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0228 PM     Flood            1 SW Greenwood          38.79N 75.61W
07/16/2023                   Sussex             DE   Public

            Picture of yard and street flooding in
            Greenwood, DE.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
242 PM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023

NJZ021-023-024-161930-
Cumberland NJ-Atlantic Coastal Cape May NJ-Cape May NJ-
242 PM EDT Sun Jul 16 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Cumberland and Cape May Counties through 330 PM EDT...

At 242 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
North Cape May, or 9 miles northwest of Cape May, moving east 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...
Cape May, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Woodbine, Sea Isle City,
Avalon, West Cape May, Stone Harbor, Cape May Court House, Scotch
Bonnet, Diamond Beach, Green Creek, Dennisville, Goshen, Rio Grande,
Bivalve, Eldora, North Cape May, Port Norris and Villas.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 18.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 7499 3916 7491 3918 7503 3924 7506
      3928 7476 3910 7469 3893 7483 3890 7490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 252DEG 20KT 3904 7503

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jul 16, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	28 min
Jul 16, 3:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		42 min
Jul 16, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	7 hr
Jul 16, 4:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	6 hr
Jul 16, 4:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	31 min
Jul 16, 4:38 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset	37 min
Jul 16, 4:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	25 min
Jul 16, 5:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset	38 min
Jul 16, 5:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 16, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	29 min
Jul 16, 5:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 16, 5:31 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset, Sussex	29 min
Jul 16, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		61 min
Jul 16, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	30 min
Jul 16, 5:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Morris	32 min
Jul 16, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jul 16, 8:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		47 min
Jul 16, 10:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	5 hr
Jul 16, 11:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	3 hr
Jul 16, 11:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 16, 12:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Mercer	3 hr
Jul 16, 12:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden	3 hr
Jul 16, 1:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	80 min
Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
Jul 16, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	72 min
Jul 16, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		51 min
Jul 16, 6:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	10 hr
Jul 16, 6:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	10 hr
Jul 15, 8:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon	19 min
Jul 15, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	30 min
Jul 15, 8:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Carbon	95 min
Jul 16, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	25 min
Jul 16, 1:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh	34 min
Jul 16, 2:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe	33 min
Jul 16, 2:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	4 hr
Jul 16, 9:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	2 hr
Jul 16, 9:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jul 16, 9:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Montgomery, Philadelphia	37 min
Jul 16, 6:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks	90 min
Jul 16, 1:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	24 min
Jul 16, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	36 min
Jul 16, 3:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Kent, Sussex	4 hr
Jul 16, 7:02 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	108 min
Jul 16, 12:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	60 min
Jul 16, 1:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle	3 hr
Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Kent, Sussex	4 hr
Jul 16, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent	33 min
Jul 16, 2:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	71 min
Jul 16, 3:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	116 min
Jul 16, 2:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's	28 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.