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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 19, 20115 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 19, 2011, 10:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 64 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
Oct 19, 2011, 10:26 PM EDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-10-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-10-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 19, 9:43 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 9:43 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 9:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
907 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-202100-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
907 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FROST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS, MAINLY
IN THE POCONOS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ001>004-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-202100-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
907 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-202100-
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
907 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

ALSO, SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-450>455-202100-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
907 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A LOW PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER, GALE WARNINGS, ON
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 19, 9:56 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
956 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

NJZ007-009-PAZ055-062-069-200245-
BUCKS PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-WARREN NJ-
956 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2011

...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUCKS...
HUNTERDON...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON AND WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH AT 30 TO 35
MPH. THEY WILL CROSS THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND MOVE INTO THE POCONOS
THIS EVENING AND COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAIN. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE IN ANY OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503 4110 7499
      4109 7499 4108 7496 4092 7493 4042 7497
      4040 7546 4040 7547 4049 7543 4054 7535
      4056 7538 4120 7558 4124 7514

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Special weather statement, Oct 19, 10:26 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren49 min
Oct 19, 11:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex12 min
Oct 20, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland66 min
Oct 20, 2:41 AM EDTGale WarningPHI13 hr
Oct 20, 4:22 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Oct 20, 2:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's3 hr
Oct 20, 8:25 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot9 hr
Oct 20, 5:09 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 hr
Oct 19, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex90 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 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.