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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2011Union County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2011, 1:40 AM EDT for Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 11, 2011, 1:40 AM EDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Union County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 178 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 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
178 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

160 
WWUS81 KPHI 110540
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
140 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

NJZ008-010-012-110645-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
140 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MIDDLESEX... 
MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 137 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
MORRISTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS 
WILL BE NEAR BASKING RIDGE...MILLINGTON AROUND 145 AM...CHATHAM... 
MADISON AROUND 200 AM...COLONIA...AVENEL AROUND 215 AM AND CARTERET 
AROUND 230 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THE SHOWERS AND 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 ANY THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4059 7442 4060 7439 4063 7440 4059 7445
      4061 7469 4085 7469 4083 7433 4078 7437
      4073 7437 4066 7445 4066 7440 4060 7438
      4060 7431 4059 7429 4060 7423 4057 7420

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris60 min
Jun 11, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris53 min
Jun 11, 12:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
Jun 11, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Warren67 min
Jun 11, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester49 min
Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester93 min
Jun 11, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester47 min
Jun 11, 4:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic85 min
Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic47 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min
Jun 11, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic51 min
Jun 11, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon57 min
Jun 11, 2:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh58 min
Jun 11, 3:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton64 min
Jun 11, 3:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh3 hr
Jun 11, 3:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks57 min
Jun 11, 5:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks54 min
Jun 11, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester58 min
Jun 11, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe63 min
Jun 11, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline44 min
Jun 11, 5:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex67 min
Jun 11, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex56 min
Jun 11, 6:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex113 min
Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex55 min
Jun 11, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 11, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle39 min
Jun 11, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent48 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent63 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.