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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2012Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania

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.

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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
Jul 1, 4:10 PM EDTHAIL 1Blairstown, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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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

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren65 min
Jul 1, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren59 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex52 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris59 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.