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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 9, 2012Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 5:08 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2012, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 802 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

706 
WWUS81 KPHI 092108
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
508 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

NJZ010-012>015-092315-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
508 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND
SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELIZABETH TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERTH AMBOY TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
EAST BRUNSWICK...WINDSOR AROUND 515 PM...SOUTH RIVER...SEWAREN AROUND
530 PM...SOUTH AMBOY...SAYREVILLE AROUND 545 PM...SPOTSWOOD...MADISON
PARK AROUND 600 PM...ROOSEVELT AND OLD BRIDGE AROUND 615 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING MIGHT BECOME NECESSARY FOR EITHER MIDDLESEX OR MONMOUTH COUNTY.

EXPECT SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
FROM THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4021 7399 4011 7402 4009 7407 4013 7411
      4011 7414 4014 7425 4017 7427 4017 7435
      4028 7479 4056 7442 4061 7440 4060 7420
      4056 7421 4055 7424 4047 7425 4046 7412
      4042 7401 4047 7403 4048 7400 4044 7397

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Aug 9, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Aug 9, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Aug 9, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren70 min
Aug 9, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset65 min
Aug 9, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex94 min
Aug 9, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex71 min
Aug 9, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset55 min
Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon57 min
Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset57 min
Aug 9, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth78 min
Aug 9, 5:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset3 hr
Aug 9, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer2 hr
Aug 9, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex2 hr
Aug 9, 6:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex88 min
Aug 9, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh60 min
Aug 9, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery68 min
Aug 9, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Montgomery3 hr
Aug 9, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton57 min
Aug 9, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe63 min
Aug 9, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks60 min
Aug 9, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks77 min
Aug 9, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe87 min
Aug 9, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Montgomery85 min
Aug 9, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe6 hr
Aug 9, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery55 min
Aug 9, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks66 min
Aug 9, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Montgomery104 min
Aug 9, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery63 min
Aug 9, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks59 min
Aug 9, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh80 min
Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe95 min
Aug 9, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr
Aug 9, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent56 min
Aug 9, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent23 min
Aug 9, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex43 min
Aug 9, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent66 min
Aug 9, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex65 min
Aug 9, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent56 min
Aug 9, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex56 min
Aug 9, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex52 min
Aug 9, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex88 min
Aug 9, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex119 min
Aug 9, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil88 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.