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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 27, 2012Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Dec 27, 2012, 1:52 AM EST for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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
Dec 27, 2012, 1:52 AM EST (06:52 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2012, 2:45 AM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2012-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
963 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.

575 
WWUS81 KPHI 270652
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
152 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

NJZ010-012>014-270745-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-SOMERSET NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
152 AM EST THU DEC 27 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT 
MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 147 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH AMBOY TO ASBURY PARK...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR 
KEANSBURG...UNION BEACH AROUND 200 AM AND SANDY HOOK AROUND 215 AM.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS.

LAT...LON 4013 7402 4012 7403 4049 7458 4060 7445
      4062 7431 4060 7429 4060 7420 4056 7421
      4055 7424 4047 7425 4045 7420 4047 7419
      4046 7412 4042 7400 4047 7403 4048 7400
      4044 7397 4030 7396

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 7:55 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more6 hr
Dec 26, 9:10 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more4 hr
Dec 26, 11:15 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean3 hr
Dec 26, 11:30 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean3 days
Dec 27, 12:37 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon6 hr
Dec 27, 1:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth59 min
Dec 27, 7:58 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris5 hr
Dec 27, 1:42 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHICape May5 hr
Dec 27, 1:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIBurlington55 hr
Dec 26, 9:29 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester118 min
Dec 26, 8:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex78 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.