Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Sparta, NJ | LIMBS DOWN |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Hopatcong, NJ | WIDESPREAD TREES AND WIRES DOWN FROM EAST OF HOPATCONG SOUTHWARD |
| Jun 10, 5:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Mine Hill, NJ | |
| Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Dover, NJ | |
| Jun 10, 5:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Ssw Dover, NJ | |
| Jun 10, 6:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Mendham, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975
WWUS81 KPHI 102115
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
NJZ001-008-102215-
MORRIS NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MORRIS AND SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES EAST OF NEWTON TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LAKE MOHAWK AND HOPATCONG AROUND 530
PM...MOUNT ARLINGTON AND STANHOPE AROUND 545 PM...SUCCASUNNA AND
MORRIS PLAINS AROUND 600 PM...AND MENDHAM AND MORRISTOWN AROUND 615
PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...PLEASE MOVE INDOORS.
LAT...LON 4110 7448 4105 7449 4106 7445 4103 7442
4101 7434 4090 7430 4090 7433 4082 7432
4080 7436 4073 7437 4067 7445 4069 7452
4076 7456 4073 7465 4074 7468 4121 7480
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 44 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.