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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 19, 2011Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2011, 6:24 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 19, 2011, 6:24 AM EDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 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 139 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: 1443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 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.

183 
WWUS81 KPHI 191024
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
624 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

NJZ010-012-015-191100-
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
624 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MERCER...MIDDLESEX AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES...

AT 619 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
GROUP OF SHOWERS WITH AN EMBEDDED GROWING THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM 
WILL BE NEAR SOUTH BRUNSWICK AROUND 630 AM...DAYTON AROUND 635 
AM...ROSSMOOR...SOMERSET...CLEARBROOK PARK...CONCORDIA AROUND 640 
AM...NORTH BRUNSWICK...JAMESBURG AROUND 645 AM...MILLTOWN AND 
HELMETTA AROUND 650 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS
EARLIER. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4031 7436 4026 7472 4041 7471 4058 7432
      4050 7429 4050 7431 4049 7429 4039 7426

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	64 min
Aug 18, 8:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	112 min
Aug 18, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	59 min
Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	57 min
Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	57 min
Aug 18, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	61 min
Aug 18, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren	57 min
Aug 18, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem	67 min
Aug 18, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris	43 min
Aug 19, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		26 min
Aug 19, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	41 min
Aug 19, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	40 min
Aug 19, 1:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 1 more	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	59 min
Aug 19, 2:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	47 min
Aug 19, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	57 min
Aug 19, 3:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland	114 min
Aug 19, 3:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	114 min
Aug 19, 6:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Middlesex	23 min
Aug 19, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		41 min
Aug 19, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		96 min
Aug 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden	55 min
Aug 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		90 min
Aug 19, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	61 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex, Warren	2 hr
Aug 19, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	67 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	4 hr
Aug 19, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	78 min
Aug 19, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	111 min
Aug 19, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	50 min
Aug 19, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		118 min
Aug 19, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	104 min
Aug 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset	80 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem	65 min
Aug 19, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris	28 min
Aug 19, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Monmouth	31 min
Aug 18, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	67 min
Aug 19, 12:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	58 min
Aug 19, 4:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	4 hr
Aug 19, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	59 min
Aug 19, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	70 min
Aug 19, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	3 hr
Aug 19, 2:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	3 hr
Aug 19, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	58 min
Aug 19, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	53 min
Aug 19, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	55 min
Aug 19, 5:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Delaware	3 hr
Aug 19, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	48 min
Aug 19, 5:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Aug 18, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Queen Anne's	55 min
Aug 19, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil	45 min
Aug 19, 1:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	61 min
Aug 19, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's	66 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline	63 min
Aug 19, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	5 hr
Aug 19, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	69 min
Aug 19, 6:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline	2 hr
Aug 19, 1:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Sussex	85 min
Aug 19, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	63 min
Aug 19, 2:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	92 min
Aug 19, 2:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle	7 hr
Aug 19, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, New Castle	52 min
Aug 19, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	61 min
Aug 19, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	92 min
Aug 19, 3:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	5 hr
Aug 19, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	82 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.