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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 16, 2016Mercer County, New Jersey

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 2:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.5Lawrence, NJHAIL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2016-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington23 min
Jul 16, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington33 min
Jul 16, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth31 min
Jul 16, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Jul 16, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean50 min
Jul 16, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean7 hr
Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean47 min
Jul 16, 2:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex30 min
Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer46 min
Jul 16, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean42 min
Jul 16, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex28 min
Jul 16, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington26 min
Jul 16, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean52 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer30 min
Jul 16, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden30 min
Jul 16, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean37 min
Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden42 min
Jul 16, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean26 min
Jul 16, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden31 min
Jul 16, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean43 min
Jul 16, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean44 min
Jul 16, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
Jul 16, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden31 min
Jul 16, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren27 min
Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester50 min
Jul 16, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren33 min
Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden23 min
Jul 16, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren36 min
Jul 16, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Montgomery25 min
Jul 16, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester37 min
Jul 16, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware33 min
Jul 16, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware3 hr
Jul 16, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe30 min
Jul 16, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent27 min
Jul 16, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's33 min
Jul 16, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot26 min
Jul 16, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's28 min
Jul 16, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.