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 18, 2012, 1:53 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 37 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 18, 2012, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020
WWUS81 KPHI 181753
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
153 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
NJZ009-010-015-PAZ069-181830-
BUCKS PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
153 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUCKS...HUNTERDON...MERCER AND
SOMERSET COUNTIES...
AT 150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR STOCKTON AROUND 200 PM...NEW
HOPE...LAMBERTVILLE AROUND 205 PM...PENNINGTON...HOPEWELL...EWING
AROUND 220 PM...LAWRENCEVILLE AND SKILLMAN AROUND 225 PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
LAT...LON 4037 7461 4036 7463 4034 7463 4033 7462
4020 7463 4032 7517 4044 7514 4043 7460
$$
FORECASTER: DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 1:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 42 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 113 min |
| Jul 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 107 min |
| Jul 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 22 min |
| Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 38 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset | 81 min |
| Jul 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 34 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 31 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 54 min |
| Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 17 min |
| Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 12 min |
| Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 82 min |
| Jul 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 17 min |
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 68 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.