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 7, 2012, 11:36 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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, 11:36 PM EDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722
WWUS81 KPHI 080336
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1136 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-062-080430-
CARBON PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
1136 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF CARBON...HUNTERDON...MONROE...
MORRIS...NORTHAMPTON...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 1130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE POCONOS AND
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THE LEADING EDGE OF MOST OF THE STORMS WAS
FROM AROUND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEWTON TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LEHIGHTON...AND THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LAKE TELEMARK...GILBERT...BELTZVILLE
STATE PARK AND COLUMBIA AROUND 1140 PM...KINNELON...BUTLER...
SAYLORSBURG AND HOPE AROUND 1145 PM...AND BOONTON AND PEQUANNOCK
TOWNSHIP AROUND 1150 PM. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE
SOUTHERN POCONOS...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY THROUGH 1230 AM.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE
STORMS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...PLEASE MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT SEEK
SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS.
LAT...LON 4121 7437 4104 7450 4100 7430 4091 7427
4090 7433 4074 7436 4067 7445 4067 7440
4062 7442 4055 7453 4053 7506 4092 7598
4101 7575 4108 7578 4123 7554 4125 7512
4115 7514 4109 7502 4135 7475 4136 7469
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 min | |
| Jul 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.