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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 20165 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2016, 6:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 21, 2016, 6:16 AM EDT (10:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2016, 7:15 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 6:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Edgebrook, NJ	LARGE TREES DOWNED. POWER LINES DOWNED.

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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

305 
WWUS81 KPHI 211016
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
616 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
 
NJZ012>015-019-020-026-027-PAZ071-106-211115-
OCEAN-EASTERN MONMOUTH-WESTERN MONMOUTH-COASTAL
OCEAN-MERCER-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-MIDDLESEX-NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON-PHILADELPHIA-LOWER BUCKS-
616 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MERCER...SOUTHERN
BUCKS...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...MONMOUTH...PHILADELPHIA
...BURLINGTON...MIDDLESEX AND OCEAN COUNTIES ...

AT 615 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARTERET TO NEAR CROSSWICKS TO NEAR
WILLINGBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHILADELPHIA...TOMS RIVER...TRENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...
LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...SOMERSET...EDISON...LAKEWOOD...
MIDDLETOWN...OLD BRIDGE...BENSALEM...JACKSON...HOWELL...
EAST BRUNSWICK...SOUTH BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE...
MOUNT LAUREL AND NORTH BRUNSWICK.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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

LAT...LON 4010 7403 4006 7412 4003 7405 4003 7408
      3987 7408 3994 7413 3994 7415 3980 7411
      3980 7409 3975 7420 3977 7413 3977 7412
      3965 7417 3999 7510 4061 7432 4059 7421
      4046 7425 4042 7401 4048 7401 4047 7399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 286DEG 30KT 4055 7425 4019 7465 4002 7492 
$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	83 min
Jun 21, 3:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	47 min
Jun 21, 4:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	63 min
Jun 21, 6:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	46 min
Jun 21, 6:48 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		9 hr
Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	58 min
Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	54 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	35 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Jun 21, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	54 min
Jun 21, 3:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Cape May	24 min
Jun 21, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		89 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
Jun 21, 3:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	PHI		17 hr
Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	39 min
Jun 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jun 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		87 min
Jun 21, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	30 min
Jun 21, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	46 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	51 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	40 min
Jun 21, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		48 min
Jun 21, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May	39 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		63 min
Jun 21, 3:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	28 min
Jun 21, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware	52 min
Jun 21, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	53 min
Jun 21, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	67 min
Jun 21, 2:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	28 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	65 min
Jun 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	53 min
Jun 21, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	54 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's	40 min
Jun 21, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.