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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2016Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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 8, 2016, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 387 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 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

285 
WWUS81 KPHI 081908
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
308 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
 
NJZ008-081945-
MORRIS-
308 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY...

AT 307 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MORRISTOWN. THE STORM
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRISTOWN...MADISON...FLORHAM PARK...EAST HANOVER...CHATHAM...
ROCKAWAY...MORRIS PLAINS...MENDHAM...MOUNTAIN LAKES...
PARSIPPANY AND HANOVER TOWNSHIP.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. A FLOOD ADVISORY IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

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 4082 7434 4079 7437 4076 7438 4075 7436
      4074 7437 4070 7442 4080 7461 4090 7450
      4084 7433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 319DEG 2KT 4080 7446 
$$

JRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Warren3 hr
Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris4 hr
Jul 8, 3:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 8, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington35 min
Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden43 min
Jul 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris33 min
Jul 8, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren4 hr
Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset45 min
Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington4 hr
Jul 8, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington50 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren4 hr
Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren46 min
Jul 8, 4:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren4 hr
Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic46 min
Jul 8, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset48 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset4 hr
Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris50 min
Jul 8, 5:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic4 hr
Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth4 hr
Jul 8, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer36 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden23 min
Jul 8, 6:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic31 min
Jul 8, 7:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 8, 7:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 8, 12:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe3 hr
Jul 8, 3:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil25 min
Jul 8, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot51 min
Jul 8, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex53 min
Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent34 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.