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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2012Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2012, 7:44 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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 25, 2012, 7:44 AM EDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 7:55 AM EDTHAIL 0.5Perth Amboy, NJ
Jun 25, 7:59 AM EDTHAIL 0.5East Brunswick, NJ
Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDTHAIL 0.88South River, NJ
Jun 25, 8:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Hamilton Twp, NJTREE DOWN AT NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE HAMILTON STATION

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 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2012-06-25Temperature 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 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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.

468 
WWUS81 KPHI 251144
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
744 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

NJZ010-012>015-019-020-PAZ069-251245-
BUCKS PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOMERSET NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
744 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUCKS...BURLINGTON...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...OCEAN AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 738 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES WEST OF STATEN ISLAND TO 9 
MILES SOUTH OF SOMERVILLE TO 11 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST 
AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WINDSOR...SOUTH BRUNSWICK 
AROUND 800 AM...MORGANVILLE...MANALAPAN AROUND 815 AM...SIX FLAGS 
THEME PARK...SANDY HOOK AROUND 830 AM...FARMINGDALE AND TINTON FALLS 
AROUND 845 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4026 7397 4009 7416 4009 7495 4012 7496
      4015 7504 4044 7473 4059 7420 4056 7420
      4054 7424 4047 7425 4045 7420 4047 7418
      4046 7412 4042 7401 4048 7402 4048 7400
      4044 7397

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MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland95 min
Jun 25, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI41 hr
Jun 25, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer55 min
Jun 25, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth59 min
Jun 25, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth47 min
Jun 25, 8:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset108 min
Jun 25, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean59 min
Jun 25, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI38 min
Jun 25, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jun 25, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May53 min
Jun 25, 10:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 25, 10:30 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI7 hr
Jun 25, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 25, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic28 min
Jun 25, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic37 min
Jun 25, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic35 min
Jun 25, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jun 25, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 25, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic63 min
Jun 25, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 25, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI49 min
Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 25, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset44 min
Jun 25, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth66 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean55 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean63 min
Jun 25, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean59 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean75 min
Jun 25, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex28 min
Jun 25, 8:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
Jun 25, 9:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex13 min
Jun 25, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
Jun 25, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex26 min
Jun 25, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex29 min
Jun 25, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWicomico24 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.