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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2011Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2011, 4:23 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 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, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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°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.

191 
WWUS81 KPHI 110823
SPSPHI

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

NJZ007>010-PAZ067>069-110930-
BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
WARREN NJ-
423 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUCKS...CHESTER...HUNTERDON...
MONTGOMERY...MORRIS...SOMERSET AND WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 418 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF 
EASTON TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF READING...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HARMONY...TRUMBAUERSVILLE AROUND 430 
AM...ROXBURG...BELVIDERE AROUND 445 AM...OXFORD...OTTSVILLE AROUND 
500 AM...PIPERSVILLE...BEDMINSTER AROUND 515 AM...BYRAM AND CALIFON 
AROUND 530 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.

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 4064 7472 4048 7480 4031 7508 4013 7542
      4014 7588 4024 7568 4046 7535 4060 7520
      4075 7520 4079 7510 4085 7509 4087 7505
      4086 7468

$$

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, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIUnion65 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

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2011Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.