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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 1, 2011Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2011, 1:35 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2011, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -192 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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The text

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

793 
WWUS81 KPHI 011735
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
135 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-069-012030-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-
MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
135 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG AND BECOMING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...HUNTERDON...LEHIGH...MONROE...MORRIS...
NORTHAMPTON...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES DURING THE 
MIDDLE AND LATE AFTERNOON...

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCRANTON TO 34 
MILES NORTHWEST OF SCRANTON TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 
41 MILES WEST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 51 MILES WEST OF WILKES-BARRE TO 80 
MILES WEST OF WILKES-BARRE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BLAKESLEE...WHITE HAVEN AROUND 245 
PM...TOBYHANNA...POCONO RACEWAY AROUND 300 PM...SCOTRUN...REEDERS 
AROUND 315 PM...STORMVILLE...SKYTOP AROUND 330 PM...SAYLORSBURG AND 
ROSSLAND AROUND 345 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE
ALSO MOVING INTO AN AIR MASS THAT IS MORE UNSTABLE AND A FEW HAVE 
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES. 

SEVERE OR NOT, EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT 
SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS 
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP PRECEDING THIS 
CLUSTER BEFORE 3 PM.


LAT...LON 4097 7455 4064 7454 4054 7504 4042 7590
      4054 7618 4059 7603 4064 7600 4074 7578
      4091 7600 4100 7575 4110 7577 4113 7564
      4123 7554 4126 7514 4116 7516 4109 7501
      4115 7491 4131 7480 4135 7469

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 10:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset62 min
Jul 31, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris62 min
Aug 1, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Aug 1, 1:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth55 min
Aug 1, 2:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean94 min
Aug 1, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem29 min
Aug 1, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden66 min
Aug 1, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester69 min
Aug 1, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem70 min
Aug 1, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester59 min
Aug 1, 6:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester3 hr
Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem46 min
Aug 1, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem73 min
Aug 1, 7:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem119 min
Aug 1, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Aug 1, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland59 min
Aug 1, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 31, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester60 min
Aug 1, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe51 min
Aug 1, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks89 min
Aug 1, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks75 min
Aug 1, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia87 min
Aug 1, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh42 min
Aug 1, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia2 hr
Aug 1, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia53 min
Aug 1, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil53 min
Aug 1, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil48 min
Aug 1, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's78 min
Aug 1, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Queen Anne's2 hr
Aug 1, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot18 min
Aug 1, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's119 min
Aug 1, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's38 min
Aug 1, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex45 min
Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex37 min
Aug 1, 3:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr

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.