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 5, 2012, 12:08 AM EDT for Burlington County, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 5, 2012, 12:08 AM EDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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 5, 12:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Upper Freehold Twp, NJ | TREE DOWN ONTO A HOUSE ALONG WYGANT ROAD IN UPPER FREEHOLD TWP... CAUSING SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. SEVERAL OTHER LARGE TREES DOWN AND PEA SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED. |
| Jul 5, 12:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Upper Freehold Twp, NJ | A 51 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN UPPER FREEHOLD TWP. |
| Jul 5, 12:20 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Florence, NJ | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN FLORENCE ALONG WITH A WIND GUST TO 48 MPH. |
| Jul 5, 12:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Willingboro, NJ | A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 40 TO 50 MPH. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1802 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
806 WWUS81 KPHI 050408 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1208 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 NJZ013-015-019-020-027-PAZ068-069-071-050445- BUCKS PA-MERCER NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ- PHILADELPHIA PA-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- 1208 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF BUCKS...BURLINGTON...MERCER...MONMOUTH...MONTGOMERY...OCEAN AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES... AT 1205 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO MERCER COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS FOR A TIME. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. LAT...LON 4000 7425 3979 7482 4016 7517 4034 7465 $$ FORECASTER: GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 12:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 12:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 51 min | |
| Jul 5, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 4:28 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 24 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 1:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 1:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 39 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.