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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2016Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2016, 12:21 AM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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 2, 2016, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

021 
WWUS81 KPHI 020421
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1221 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016
 
NJZ001-007>009-020515-
SUSSEX-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-WARREN-
1221 AM EDT SAT JUL 2 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WARREN...
NORTHERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX AND MORRIS COUNTIES...

AT 1220 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM VERNON VALLEY TO BEATYESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOVER...LINCOLN PARK...BOONTON...BUTLER...ROCKAWAY...MORRIS PLAINS...
MOUNT ARLINGTON...MOUNTAIN LAKES...RIVERDALE...HAMBURG...NETCONG...
OGDENSBURG AND ANDOVER.

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

LAT...LON 4121 7439 4120 7437 4109 7450 4104 7450
      4105 7445 4102 7443 4103 7442 4100 7430
      4097 7428 4092 7429 4090 7427 4091 7433
      4088 7434 4086 7433 4077 7496 4125 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 253DEG 33KT 4124 7445 4084 7486 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex3 hr

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.