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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 11, 2011Hunterdon County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 6 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 11, 2011, 8:04 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 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
Apr 11, 2011, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2011-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

079 
WWUS81 KPHI 120004
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
804 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011

NJZ001-007>009-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-120100-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
804 PM EDT MON APR 11 2011

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...HUNTERDON...LEHIGH...MONROE...
MONTGOMERY...MORRIS...NORTHAMPTON...SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 8:00 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 
SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
13 MILES WEST OF MONTAGUE TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LANCASTER... 
MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL BE NEAR STORMVILLE...SAYLORSBURG...COFFEETOWN...AND CLAUSSVILLE 
AROUND 810 PM...ECHO LAKE...WIND GAP...TOPTON...AND NORTHAMPTON 
AROUND 815 PM...AND HAINESVILLE AND AND FLATBROOKVILLE AROUND 820 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE 
WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL 
STREAMS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...AS IS
SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL BUT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4121 7439 4118 7437 4108 7449 4104 7449
      4105 7444 4101 7440 3990 7565 3985 7602
      4011 7595 4014 7590 4032 7617 4124 7514
      4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503 4111 7495
      4127 7484 4135 7471

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren57 min
Apr 12, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Apr 12, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland53 min
Apr 12, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden45 min
Apr 12, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester23 min
Apr 12, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Gloucester, Mercer and 3 more41 min
Apr 12, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset58 min
Apr 12, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery90 min
Apr 12, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot66 min
Apr 12, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline45 min
Apr 12, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.