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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 6, 20164 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 3:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 50 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
Aug 6, 2016, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2016-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WWUS81 KPHI 061955
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
 
NJZ007>010-012-013-015-PAZ061-062-105-062045-
SOMERSET-MORRIS-WESTERN
MONMOUTH-HUNTERDON-MERCER-WARREN-MIDDLESEX-NORTHAMPTON-LEHIGH-UPPER
BUCKS-
355 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...
NORTHWESTERN MERCER...HUNTERDON...NORTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH...
SOMERSET...EASTERN MORRIS...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN
NORTHAMPTON...EAST CENTRAL LEHIGH AND NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RIVERDALE TO NEAR WHITE HOUSE STATION TO NEAR
NORTHAMPTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLENTOWN...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...EASTON...MORRISTOWN...
SOMERVILLE...SOMERSET...EDISON...BETHLEHEM...EAST BRUNSWICK...
BRIDGEWATER...SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...CARTERET...DOVER...
MADISON...MIDDLESEX...FLORHAM PARK...EAST HANOVER AND LINCOLN PARK.

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 4042 7416 4041 7528 4069 7561 4071 7476
      4102 7440 4101 7436 4097 7428 4090 7427
      4091 7433 4075 7436 4067 7446 4065 7440
      4060 7446 4060 7421 4056 7421 4050 7428
      4047 7427 4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 288DEG 27KT 4101 7432 4063 7472 4067 7544 
$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Aug 6, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren40 min
Aug 6, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset39 min
Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth50 min
Aug 6, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer50 min
Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth49 min
Aug 6, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer23 min
Aug 6, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean50 min
Aug 6, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Aug 6, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean35 min
Aug 6, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh34 min
Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks30 min
Aug 6, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery24 min
Aug 6, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh35 min
Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton46 min
Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks34 min
Aug 6, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery34 min
Aug 6, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia35 min
Aug 6, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent26 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.