Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Mercer County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Lawrence, NJ | HAIL UP TO 0.50 INCH IN DIAMTER |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WWUS81 KPHI 161813 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 213 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 NJZ009-010-012-013-015-PAZ106-161845- SOMERSET-WESTERN MONMOUTH-HUNTERDON-MERCER-MIDDLESEX-LOWER BUCKS- 213 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MERCER...SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...WESTERN MONMOUTH...SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET...SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX AND EASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES... AT 213 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PENNINGTON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTH BRUNSWICK...EWING...PRINCETON...HIGHTSTOWN...PENNINGTON... HOPEWELL...ROCKY HILL...KENDALL PARK...PLAINSBORO CENTER... SKILLMAN...PRINCETON MEADOWS...LAWRENCEVILLE...WINDSOR...EDINBURG... KINGSTON...DAYTON...MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE... NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP...MONMOUTH JUNCTION AND HEATHCOTE. THIS STORM 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 4031 7490 4044 7491 4048 7452 4021 7453 TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 272DEG 15KT 4035 7483 $$ SFJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 2:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 92 min | |
| Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 28 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.