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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2016Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2016, 12:39 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 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 14, 2016, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2016, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

755 
WWUS81 KPHI 140439
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1239 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
 
NJZ001-007-008-PAZ062-140530-
SUSSEX-MORRIS-WARREN-NORTHAMPTON-
1239 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WARREN...
SUSSEX...NORTHWESTERN MORRIS AND EAST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

AT 1239 AM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CRANDON LAKES TO NEAR COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...HOPATCONG...BLAIRSTOWN...MOUNT ARLINGTON...FRANKLIN...
STANHOPE...HAMBURG...BELVIDERE...OGDENSBURG...SUSSEX...HOPE...
BRANCHVILLE...ANDOVER...VERNON VALLEY...GREENDELL...LAKE MOHAWK...
CRANDON LAKES...PELLETTOWN...HIGHLAND LAKE AND FIVE POINTS.

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 4120 7437 4109 7450 4108 7449 4093 7463
      4080 7520 4115 7486 4128 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 247DEG 25KT 4112 7484 4089 7507 
$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	40 min
Aug 13, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	48 min
Aug 13, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	45 min
Aug 13, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	48 min
Aug 13, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Somerset	26 min
Aug 13, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	44 min
Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	45 min
Aug 13, 11:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	37 min
Aug 14, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	36 min
Aug 14, 1:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	24 min
Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	47 min
Aug 13, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery	44 min
Aug 13, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	47 min
Aug 13, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe, Northampton	50 min
Aug 13, 10:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	4 hr
Aug 13, 11:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	29 min
Aug 14, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	45 min
Aug 14, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	51 min
Aug 14, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	48 min
Aug 14, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	44 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	49 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.