Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2011

Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 2011Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2011, 6:26 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 64 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
May 30, 2011, 6:26 AM EDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 7:30 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2011-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 264 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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.

826 
WWUS81 KPHI 301026
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
626 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

NJZ010-012>015-019-020-PAZ068-069-071-301130-
BUCKS PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SOMERSET NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
626 AM EDT MON MAY 30 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUCKS...BURLINGTON...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MONTGOMERY...OCEAN...PHILADELPHIA AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES...

AT 624 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEW BRUNSWICK TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF
PHILADELPHIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
MATAWAN...KEYPORT AROUND 645 AM...LEONARDO...PORT MONMOUTH AROUND 700
AM...SANDY HOOK...SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AROUND 715 AM...OAKHURST AND
FARMINGDALE AROUND 730 AM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER 
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A 
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4023 7399 4011 7440 4006 7535 4018 7492
      4045 7451 4046 7423 4044 7419 4046 7418
      4045 7415 4046 7412 4041 7399 4046 7402
      4047 7399 4043 7396 4032 7396

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren66 min
May 30, 4:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex66 min
May 30, 4:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren61 min
May 30, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren64 min
May 30, 6:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset56 min
May 30, 6:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean66 min
May 30, 7:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean22 min
May 30, 3:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe64 min
May 30, 3:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe55 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.