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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2012, 10:18 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 117 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
- Jun 12, 2012, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971
WWUS81 KPHI 130218
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1018 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012
NJZ001-007>010-PAZ055-062-069-130415-
BUCKS PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
1018 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT WARREN...
HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX...BUCKS...MONROE AND
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 11 MILES NORTH OF EASTON...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR PORTLAND...HARMONY...
ALPHA...FERNDALE AROUND 1025 PM...COLUMBIA...REVERE...OTTSVILLE
AROUND 1030 PM...ROXBURG...ECHO LAKE AROUND 1035 PM AND BELVIDERE
AROUND 1040 PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER
TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4053 7453 4045 7539 4050 7539 4054 7533
4057 7538 4117 7534 4120 7514 4115 7514
4115 7508 4110 7504 4109 7502 4116 7491
4123 7486 4127 7454
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 106 min |
| Jun 12, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 10:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex | 104 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 28 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 6 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2012Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.