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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 2012Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 11:04 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 7, 2012, 11:04 PM EDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2012-07-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

284 
WWUS81 KPHI 080304
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1104 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

NJZ012>014-080400-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1104 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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

AT 1101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MORGANVILLE AND 
HOLMDEL AROUND 1115 PM...ELBERON AND EATONTOWN AROUND 1130 PM AND 
SEA GIRT AROUND 1145 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS STORM. 
PLEASE MOVE INDOORS IF YOU HEAR THUNDER. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER 
TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. 

LAT...LON 4029 7397 4012 7402 4011 7403 4038 7448
      4054 7435 4051 7425 4047 7425 4045 7420
      4047 7418 4046 7412 4042 7403 4043 7400
      4045 7400 4044 7397

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min
Jul 7, 10:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren55 min
Jul 7, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean52 min
Jul 7, 11:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren54 min
Jul 8, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren54 min
Jul 7, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester60 min
Jul 7, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware32 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min
Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot59 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.