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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 2014Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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 9, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 9, 3:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStillwater Twp, NJCOUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN STILLWATER TWP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2014-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2014-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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.

807 
WWUS81 KPHI 091925
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
325 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

NJZ001-092030-
SUSSEX NJ-
325 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 322 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BUSHKILL...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH AND AS LARGE AS PENNY SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS STORM. 

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO 
NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING 
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 

HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND 
ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID 
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. 

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CRANDON LAKES AROUND 330 PM...BRANCHVILLE
AROUND 340 PM...HAMBURG AROUND 350 PM AND HIGHLAND LAKE AROUND 400
PM.

LAT...LON 4121 7437 4118 7438 4108 7452 4105 7492
      4109 7497 4109 7499 4110 7500 4118 7489
      4127 7449

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Jul 8, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem69 min
Jul 8, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington69 min
Jul 8, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more73 min
Jul 8, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland58 min
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean63 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI113 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jul 9, 8:52 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex72 min
Jul 9, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex49 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren64 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris63 min
Jul 8, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia84 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton59 min
Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester25 min
Jul 9, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh41 min
Jul 9, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh65 min
Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton62 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton53 min
Jul 9, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton92 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Monroe, Northampton48 min
Jul 8, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent37 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot89 min
Jul 8, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle58 min
Jul 9, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex83 min
Jul 9, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex44 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.