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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 10, 2016Atlantic County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Dec 10, 2016, 2:25 AM EST for Atlantic County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 95 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
Dec 10, 2016, 2:25 AM EST (07:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

319 
WWUS81 KPHI 100725
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Mount Holly NJ
225 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2016
 
NJZ017>019-021>025-027-PAZ060-061-070-071-101>106-100900-
Cumberland-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Southeastern
Burlington-Northwestern Burlington-Cape
May-Atlantic-Gloucester-Camden-Western
Chester-Philadelphia-Lehigh-Berks-Western Montgomery-Eastern
Montgomery-Lower Bucks-Eastern Chester-Delaware-Upper Bucks-
225 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2016

...A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT Camden...eastern Gloucester...
northeastern Cape May...Atlantic...east central Cumberland...
southwestern Burlington...northeastern Chester...southeastern
Lehigh...east central Berks...west central Bucks...northeastern
Delaware...Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties...

* Until 400 AM EST.

* At 224 AM EST...A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS along a line extending
  from Green Lane to near Northfield...AND MOVING southeast AT 25
  MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS SQUALL WILL BE NEAR...
  Pleasantville, Northfield, Absecon, English Creek and Pomona 
  around 230 AM EST. 
  Somers Point, Ventnor City and Corbin City around 235 AM EST. 
  Ocean City, Margate City, Longport, Beesleys Point and Marmora 
  around 240 AM EST. 
  Trappe and Hatfield around 245 AM EST. 
  Lansdale, Collegeville and Strathmere around 250 AM EST. 
  West Norriton and East Norriton around 300 AM EST. 
  Norristown, Ambler, King Of Prussia and Valley Forge around 305 AM 
  EST. 
  Plymouth Meeting around 310 AM EST. 

Other locations impacted by this dangerous squall include Oreland,
Brittany Farms-Highlands, Lawnside, Barrington, West Conshohocken,
Montgomeryville, Colwyn, Red Hill, Glenolden and Sellersville.

Visibilities will below one mile in these snow showers.

While snow amounts should stay below one inch, this will create icy
conditions on area roads, especially bridges and overpasses.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations.
Be prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 3932 7450 3930 7459 3933 7468 3929 7465
      3927 7459 3929 7460 3929 7455 3918 7467
      4041 7577 4063 7547 3942 7447 3940 7449
      3940 7446 3934 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 333DEG 23KT 4036 7549 3940 7462 
$$

SFJ

&&

THIS INCLUDES PA VMS BOARD LOCATIONs CMS-8 , DMS-46, and CMS-7 .

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 1:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester36 min
Dec 10, 3:27 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Dec 10, 2:29 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more42 hr
Dec 10, 4:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Lehigh, Montgomery57 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2016Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.