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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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 9, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
129 WWUS81 KPHI 100100 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 900 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 NJZ007-009-010-012-013-015-020-PAZ105-106-100200- OCEAN-SOMERSET-WESTERN MONMOUTH-HUNTERDON-MERCER-WARREN-MIDDLESEX-LOWER BUCKS-UPPER BUCKS- 900 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...MERCER... HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX... NORTHWESTERN OCEAN AND NORTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES... AT 859 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SERGEANTSVILLE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...SOMERVILLE...SOMERSET...EDISON... OLD BRIDGE...EAST BRUNSWICK...BRIDGEWATER...SOUTH BRUNSWICK... SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...EWING...MIDDLESEX...PRINCETON... BOUND BROOK...MANVILLE...BYRAM...BEDMINSTER... JAMESBURG AND HIGHTSTOWN. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 4042 7525 4068 7507 4055 7426 4011 7449 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 288DEG 37KT 4047 7499 $$ MEOLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 46 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.