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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2016Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2016, 5:43 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 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, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2016-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2865 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 2016-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
2865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

As transmitted.

584 
WWUS81 KPHI 142143
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
543 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016
 
NJZ007>009-PAZ061-062-142230-
MORRIS-HUNTERDON-WARREN-NORTHAMPTON-LEHIGH-
543 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WARREN...NORTHERN
HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON AND
EASTERN LEHIGH COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER STEUBEN...OR NEAR
EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM IN ADDITION TO
LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF DOWNPOUR. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...BETHLEHEM...FORKS...HACKETTSTOWN...WILSON...WASHINGTON...
NAZARETH...HIGH BRIDGE...CLINTON...BATH...HARMONY...OXFORD...ALPHA...
GLEN GARDNER...HAMPTON...LEBANON...WEST EASTON...TATAMY...
CALIFON AND BLOOMSBURY.

LAT...LON 4062 7541 4072 7543 4087 7475 4060 7478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 267DEG 30KT 4068 7532 
$$

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, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex44 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 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.