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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 2015Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2015, 4:12 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 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 7, 2015, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2015, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2015-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 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 2015-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

376 
WWUS81 KPHI 072012
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
412 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015
 
NJZ010-012-015-072045-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-
412 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MERCER...SOUTH CENTRAL
SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

AT 411 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PRINCETON...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE 
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS 
STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK 
A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRINCETON AROUND 420 PM EDT.
  ROCKY HILL...KINGSTON AND PLAINSBORO CENTER AROUND 425 PM EDT.
  HIGHTSTOWN AND PRINCETON MEADOWS AROUND 430 PM EDT.
  SOUTH BRUNSWICK...CRANBURY AND KENDALL PARK AROUND 435 PM EDT.
  DAYTON AND CLEARBROOK PARK AROUND 440 PM EDT.
  EAST BRUNSWICK...JAMESBURG...WHITTINGHAM AND NORTH BRUNSWICK
TOWNSHIP AROUND 445 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE ROSSMOOR...PRINCETON
JUNCTION...CONCORDIA...MONMOUTH JUNCTION...PRINCETON NORTH AND
HEATHCOTE.

LAT...LON 4030 7439 4024 7475 4034 7481 4040 7471
      4050 7453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 249DEG 20KT 4033 7469 
$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon4 hr
Jul 6, 8:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren4 hr
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Warren64 min
Jul 7, 3:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 7, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex39 min
Jul 7, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren39 min
Jul 7, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton62 min
Jul 7, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe36 min
Jul 7, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe40 min
Jul 6, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHarford55 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.