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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2016Sussex County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2016, 10:46 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 44 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 13, 2016, 10:46 PM EDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2757 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
2757 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

881 
WWUS81 KPHI 140246
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1046 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
 
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-062-140330-
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
1046 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WARREN...
SUSSEX...NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN CARBON
COUNTIES...

AT 1046 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MIDDLETOWN TO NEAR BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...AND MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT JERVIS...NEWTON...MONTAGUE...MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...
TOBYHANNA...BLAIRSTOWN...BANGOR...FRANKLIN...PEN ARGYL...HAMBURG...
WIND GAP...SUSSEX...EAST BANGOR...BRANCHVILLE...SKYTOP...
CHRISTMANS...TANNERSVILLE...MOUNTAINHOME AND REEDERS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...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.

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 4121 7438 4083 7520 4099 7576 4101 7573
      4105 7577 4108 7577 4113 7569 4112 7564
      4123 7551 4125 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509
      4108 7503 4116 7490 4132 7479 4136 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 287DEG 14KT 4145 7441 4086 7557 
$$

MWG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren40 min
Aug 13, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren48 min
Aug 13, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon45 min
Aug 13, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris48 min
Aug 13, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset26 min
Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren45 min
Aug 13, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex37 min
Aug 14, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Aug 14, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren51 min
Aug 14, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex24 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren47 min
Aug 13, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery44 min
Aug 13, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe47 min
Aug 13, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton50 min
Aug 13, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Aug 13, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe29 min
Aug 14, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe45 min
Aug 14, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe51 min
Aug 14, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks48 min
Aug 14, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery44 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.