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 15, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. 2 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 15, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 15, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Metuchen, NJ | TREE FELL ONTO A VEHICLE. NO REPORTED INJURIES. |
| Jul 15, 9:30 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 39 | Sandy Hook, NJ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 737 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS81 KPHI 160035
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
835 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
NJZ008>010-012>015-PAZ069-160130-
BUCKS PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
835 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BUCKS...HUNTERDON...MERCER...
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH...MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...
AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
MORRISTOWN TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOMERVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TRENTON TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SOUTH BRUNSWICK...NEW HOPE AROUND 845
PM...YARDLEY...WOODSIDE AROUND 900 PM...MORGANVILLE...MIDDLETOWN
AROUND 915 PM...ADELPHIA AND MONMOUTH BEACH AROUND 930 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 4019 7399 4016 7403 4017 7441 4018 7475
4040 7530 4039 7491 4054 7463 4080 7447
4076 7436 4067 7445 4067 7440 4061 7443
4060 7421 4056 7420 4054 7424 4047 7425
4042 7401 4048 7402 4048 7400 4036 7396
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 15, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 57 min |
| Jul 15, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jul 15, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 68 min |
| Jul 15, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 80 min |
| Jul 15, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 79 min | |
| Jul 15, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 3:35 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 3 more | 62 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 88 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.