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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2012, 2:06 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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 23, 2012, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812
WWUS81 KPHI 231806
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
206 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012
NJZ001-008-231900-
MORRIS NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
206 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PARTS OF SUSSEX COUNTY AND MORRIS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 200
PM...THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE
HOPATCONG.
RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS
OF POOR DRAINAGE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.
LAT...LON 4120 7437 4109 7450 4105 7450 4105 7445
4098 7428 4091 7427 4089 7429 4090 7434
4086 7432 4073 7437 4065 7451 4076 7456
4072 7473 4078 7489 4092 7477 4109 7498
4109 7499 4116 7490 4129 7483 4136 7471
$$
IOVINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Somerset | 62 min |
| May 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 2 hr |
| May 22, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh | 64 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh | 55 min |
| May 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 113 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Northampton | 113 min |
| May 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 65 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 94 min |
| May 23, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 54 min |
| May 23, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 63 min |
| May 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 110 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.