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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2011Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2011, 5:10 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2011, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 5:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Manalapan, NJ
Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Jackson Twp, NJ	VARYING FROM ONE QUARTER INCH UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Jackson Twp, NJ	MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 40-50 MPH
Jul 3, 5:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jackson Twp, NJ	MANY LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND SOME WIRES DOWN IN JACKSON TWP
Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Jackson Twp, NJ
Jul 3, 6:12 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Bayville, NJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

647 
WWUS81 KPHI 032110
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

NJZ012>014-020-026-032215-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-OCEAN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
510 PM EDT SUN JUL 3 2011

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF 
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. 
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION AT LEAST THROUGH 700 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND IT MAY 
PRODUCE FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER 
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS, MOVE INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3987 7407 3991 7409 3988 7413 4001 7452
      4016 7461 4024 7448 4027 7450 4034 7465
      4048 7447 4054 7453 4059 7447 4059 7421
      4046 7427 4044 7420 4046 7412 4041 7399
      4046 7402 4047 7399 4043 7396 4027 7397

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 9:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	82 min
Jul 3, 11:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean and 3 more	52 min
Jul 3, 12:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	58 min
Jul 3, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	49 min
Jul 3, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex, Warren	68 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	72 min
Jul 3, 3:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Warren	4 hr
Jul 3, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	56 min
Jul 3, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	56 min
Jul 3, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	51 min
Jul 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean	63 min
Jul 3, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	66 min
Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		94 min
Jul 3, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	55 min
Jul 3, 9:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	86 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	5 hr
Jul 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	56 min
Jul 3, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	62 min
Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	59 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	58 min
Jul 3, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Talbot	60 min
Jul 3, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	57 min
Jul 3, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil	54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.