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 Jul 1, 2012, 3:11 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 79 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Blairstown, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289
WWUS81 KPHI 011911
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
311 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-062-012030-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
311 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012
...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF MOUNT POCONO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MOUNT POCONO
AROUND 315 PM...MOUNTAINHOME AND SKYTOP AROUND 320 PM...
SCOTRUN...PARADISE VALLEY...MOUNTAINHOME AND CANADENSIS AROUND 325
PM...REEDERS AND ALPINE MOUNTAIN AROUND 330 PM AND HERNYVILLE AROUND
335 PM.
OTHER STORMS APPEARED TO BE READY TO DEVELOP AND AFFECT PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY BY 430 PM. THE
DEVELOPING STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...PLEASE MOVE INDOORS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 800 PM.
LAT...LON 4130 7458 4075 7504 4109 7570 4114 7566
4113 7564 4121 7557 4124 7551 4126 7513
4115 7514 4115 7508 4109 7502 4116 7491
4124 7487 4132 7480 4135 7476 4136 7469
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 65 min |
| Jul 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 59 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.