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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 25, 2010Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 25, 2010, 8:46 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 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
Oct 25, 2010, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 130 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 nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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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 Oct 25, 7:59 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 7:59 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 3:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>024-027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-262000-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-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-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-
BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
348 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-NJZ025-026-262000-
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 ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
348 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ450>455-262000-
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-
348 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 25, 7:50 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
750 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

PAZ054-055-060-061-260045-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-
750 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT BERKS...LEHIGH...CARBON AND
MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES WEST
OF LEHIGHTON TO 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR TRESCKOW AROUND 845 PM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LAT...LON 4115 7516 4107 7497 4086 7531 4079 7562
      4065 7549 4066 7543 4053 7535 4044 7553
      4024 7570 4014 7589 4050 7644 4058 7602
      4064 7600 4074 7577 4091 7600 4101 7574
      4110 7576 4113 7564 4124 7550 4126 7514

FORECASTER:PO
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 8:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
846 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-260145-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
846 PM EDT MON OCT 25 2010

...A SHOWER WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT SUSSEX...WARREN...
BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SHOWER WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF READING...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SHOWER WILL BE NEAR WHITFIELD...SINKING
SPRING...WEST LAWN...WEST WYOMISSING AROUND 850 PM...WYOMISSING
HILLS...WYOMISSING...WEST READING...SHILLINGTON AROUND 855 PM...
CENTERPORT AND LEESPORT AROUND 900 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SHOWER.

LAT...LON 4119 7437 4091 7466 4090 7478 4070 7498
      4042 7549 4044 7553 4024 7570 4014 7589
      4050 7644 4059 7603 4074 7578 4091 7599
      4100 7575 4110 7576 4113 7564 4122 7554
      4126 7514 4115 7516 4108 7503 4135 7470

FORECASTER:PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren64 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2010Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010

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.