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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2012Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2012, 4:01 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2012, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

140 
WWUS81 KPHI 252001
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
401 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

NJZ010-012-252045-
MIDDLESEX NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
401 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MIDDLESEX AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES...

AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOMERVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR DUNELLEN...
MIDDLESEX...SOUTH BOUND BROOK...NORTH PLAINFIELD AROUND 405 PM...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD...SOCIETY HILL...SOMERSET...KENDALL PARK AROUND 415
PM...HIGHLAND PARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK AROUND 420 PM.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO 
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4054 7424 4050 7426 4047 7425 4045 7422
      4029 7439 4052 7476 4073 7455 4070 7451
      4065 7452 4067 7446 4067 7440 4061 7442
      4062 7431 4060 7430 4060 7420 4056 7420

$$

FORECASTER: GORSE

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, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth61 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, 4:54 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

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 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.