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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 19, 2010Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2010, 8:43 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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 19, 2010, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 661 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
661 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

023 
WWUS81 KPHI 200043
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
843 PM EDT MON JUL 19 2010

NJZ008>010-012-013-200145-
HUNTERDON NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
843 PM EDT MON JUL 19 2010

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...
MONMOUTH...MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF SOMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR RARITAN AND SOMERVILLE AROUND 900 
PM...METUCHEN AND EDISON AROUND 915 PM...PERTH AMBOY AND FORDS 
AROUND 930 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER
TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4029 7426 4046 7492 4071 7487 4068 7445
      4066 7445 4066 7440 4064 7440 4059 7444
      4060 7421 4057 7420 4055 7423 4047 7427
      4044 7419 4046 7418 4045 7416

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon43 min
Jul 19, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem63 min
Jul 20, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 20, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May24 min
Jul 20, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May34 min
Jul 19, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent49 min
Jul 19, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's52 min
Jul 20, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's60 min
Jul 19, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent39 min
Jul 20, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent44 min
Jul 20, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent23 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.