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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 13, 2011Middlesex County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2011, 12:12 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 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 13, 2011, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2011, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2011-04-13Temperature 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 2011-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
479 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.

549 
WWUS81 KPHI 130412
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1212 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

NJZ001-008-010-012>015-130515-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
SUSSEX NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1212 AM EDT WED APR 13 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MERCER... 
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MORRIS...SOMERSET AND SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 1211 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW 
BRUNSWICK...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR 
MANVILLE...MARTINSVILLE AROUND 1230 AM...FAR HILLS...BERNARDSVILLE 
AROUND 1245 AM...SUCCASUNNA...HOPATCONG AROUND 100 AM AND LAKE 
MOHAWK AROUND 115 AM.

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

EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
FROM THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4032 7470 4106 7467 4105 7444 4097 7427
      4089 7427 4089 7433 4086 7431 4074 7436
      4067 7445 4066 7440 4059 7444 4060 7421
      4047 7427 4044 7420 4046 7412 4041 7399
      4047 7401 4047 7399 4030 7397

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 9:36 PM EDTGale WarningPHI8 hr
Apr 12, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May36 min
Apr 12, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris54 min
Apr 12, 10:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May65 min
Apr 12, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Apr 12, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington53 min
Apr 12, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean56 min
Apr 12, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean64 min
Apr 13, 2:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth64 min

Nearby

Special 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.