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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 4, 2012Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2012, 6:07 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 113 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
May 4, 2012, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 2012-05-04Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

388 
WWUS81 KPHI 042207
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
607 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-050000-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
607 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...MOVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH. 

AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS, HEAVY RAIN, CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING, AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 4121 7437 4093 7465 4091 7477 4071 7498
      4042 7548 4044 7553 4025 7569 4014 7587
      4049 7643 4058 7602 4074 7577 4091 7600
      4101 7575 4109 7577 4123 7554 4126 7513
      4115 7514 4109 7502 4132 7480 4136 7469

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 4:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
May 4, 5:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren64 min
May 4, 4:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe53 min
May 4, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon45 min
May 4, 1:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot58 min
May 4, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot15 min
May 4, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot26 min
May 4, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline38 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.