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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 3, 2016Union County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2016, 12:19 AM EDT for Union County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 3, 2016, 12:19 AM EDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Union County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

662 
WWUS81 KPHI 030419
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1219 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016
 
NJZ008-010-012-030445-
SOMERSET-MORRIS-MIDDLESEX-
1219 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS AND NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES...

AT 1219 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FLORHAM PARK TO MARTINSVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MADISON...FLORHAM PARK AND EAST HANOVER AROUND 1225 AM EDT. 
  CHATHAM AROUND 1235 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE WATCHUNG...NORTH
PLAINFIELD...SOUTH BOUND BROOK...DUNELLEN AND HANOVER TOWNSHIP.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4090 7429 4087 7434 4086 7432 4082 7434
      4079 7437 4074 7437 4067 7446 4066 7445
      4066 7440 4063 7442 4060 7446 4060 7435
      4049 7466 4084 7443 4092 7427 4090 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 239DEG 45KT 4081 7442 4059 7456 
$$

DRAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more	2 hr
Apr 2, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	88 min
Apr 2, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland	37 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland	33 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	39 min
Apr 2, 11:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		88 min
Apr 2, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem	51 min
Apr 2, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	51 min
Apr 2, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		65 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset	34 min
Apr 3, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cape May	22 min
Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean	31 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		52 min
Apr 3, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		60 min
Apr 3, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	21 min
Apr 3, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	14 min
Apr 3, 12:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	8 min
Apr 3, 1:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		33 min
Apr 3, 5:45 AM EDT	Low Water Advisory	PHI		9 hr
Apr 3, 11:34 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 11:37 AM EDT	Gale Warning	PHI		4 hr
Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT	Low Water Advisory	PHI		113 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT	Gale Watch	PHI		12 hr
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		5 hr

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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.