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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2016Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 5:54 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

567 
WWUS81 KPHI 082154
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
554 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
 
NJZ009-012-013-015-019-PAZ104-106-082230-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-HUNTERDON-MERCER-MIDDLESEX-NORTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
554 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF BUCKS
AND MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WASHINGTON CROSSING TO RICHBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...BENSALEM...EWING...PRINCETON...FLORENCE...BURLINGTON...
BRISTOL...HATBORO...HIGHTSTOWN...BORDENTOWN...CRANBURY...
PENNINGTON...BEVERLY...YARDLEY...NEWTOWN...TULLYTOWN...ALLENTOWN...
LANGHORNE...IVYLAND AND LEVITTOWN.

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

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 4002 7483 4009 7496 4012 7497 4012 7498
      4014 7501 4013 7502 4021 7516 4038 7486
      4029 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 290DEG 17KT 4031 7485 4021 7502 
$$

SFJ

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, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris37 min
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, 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.