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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2016Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2016, 2:03 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 27 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 1, 2016, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

107 
WWUS81 KPHI 011803
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
203 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
 
NJZ012-013-015-019-PAZ106-011830-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-MIDDLESEX-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-LOWER
BUCKS-
203 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...WEST
CENTRAL MONMOUTH...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...

AT 203 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER TULLYTOWN...OR NEAR
TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...OLD BRIDGE...EAST BRUNSWICK...MANALAPAN...EWING...
FLORENCE...BURLINGTON...BRISTOL...JAMESBURG...HIGHTSTOWN...
BORDENTOWN...CRANBURY...YARDLEY...TULLYTOWN...ALLENTOWN...
LANGHORNE...ROOSEVELT...LEVITTOWN...WHITE HORSE AND ROBERTSVILLE.

LAT...LON 4009 7484 4019 7493 4047 7438 4026 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 240DEG 27KT 4017 7480 
$$
AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 1:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May4 hr
Jul 1, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jul 1, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 1, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth41 min
Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth48 min
Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland40 min
Jul 1, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren57 min
Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington35 min
Jul 1, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth36 min
Jul 1, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth4 hr
Jul 1, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris39 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cumberland3 hr
Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland47 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland4 hr
Jul 1, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic43 min
Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic38 min
Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic61 min
Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean4 hr
Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth26 min
Jul 1, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 1, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 1, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren27 min
Jul 1, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton66 min
Jul 1, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh58 min
Jul 1, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester45 min
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil50 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's43 min
Jul 1, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr
Jul 1, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's55 min
Jul 1, 7:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Talbot4 hr
Jul 1, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.