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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 28, 2012Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 28, 2012, 11:39 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 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
Sep 28, 2012, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2012-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 603 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

928 
WWUS81 KPHI 290339
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1139 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012

NJZ012-013-015-019-020-PAZ069-290445-
BUCKS PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
1139 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2012

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT MERCER...
BUCKS...MIDDLESEX...BURLINGTON...MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 1138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR
MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE...LAWRENCEVILLE AROUND 1145 PM...
ALLENTOWN...CREAM RIDGE...WOODRUFF AROUND 1150 PM...IMLAYSTOWN...
WINDSOR...EDINBURG AROUND 1155 PM...PRINCETON JUNCTION AND PRINCETON
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THE SHOWERS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LAT...LON 4022 7407 3988 7467 4023 7495 4039 7466
      4038 7461 4042 7458 4044 7453 4050 7446
      4059 7431 4051 7425 4047 7425 4045 7420
      4027 7406

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HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth60 min
Sep 29, 12:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Sep 28, 11:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 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.