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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 30, 2017Camden County, Cumberland County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jan 30, 2017, 4:02 PM EST for Camden County, Cumberland County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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
Jan 30, 2017, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2017, 4:45 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2017-01-30Temperature 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2017-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

021 
WWUS81 KPHI 302102
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Mount Holly NJ
402 PM EST MON JAN 30 2017
 
NJZ015>019-021>024-027-PAZ070-071-104-106-302145-
Salem-Camden-Atlantic-Southeastern Burlington-Mercer-Northwestern
Burlington-Cumberland-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Cape
May-Gloucester-Lower Bucks-Eastern Montgomery-Philadelphia-Delaware-
402 PM EST MON JAN 30 2017

...A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT portions of western 
Atlantic... Cumberland...east central Salem...Camden...south central 
Mercer... Gloucester...northwestern Cape May...central Burlington... 
southeastern Montgomery...southeastern Bucks...Philadelphia and 
southeastern Delaware Counties...

* Until 445 PM EST.

* At 400 PM EST...Scattered DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALLs Were along a line 
  extending from Ambler to Philadelphia International Airport to 
  Cedarville... AND MOVING east AT 25 MPH.

THese DANGEROUS SQUALLs WILL BE NEAR...  Bridgeton, Cedarville and 
Fairton around 405 PM EST.   Millville, Deptford, Jenkintown, 
Westville, Woodbury Heights,   Abington, Willow Grove and Ben 
Franklin Bridge around 410 PM EST.   Camden, Gloucester City, 
Bellmawr, Woodbury, Pitman, Hatboro,   Brooklawn, Bryn Athyn, 
Ivyland and Audubon Park around 415 PM EST.   Rockledge, Dividing 
Creek, Wissinoming and Golden Triangle around   420 PM EST. 
Philadelphia, Magnolia, Laurel Lake, Northeast Philadelphia, 
Ashland, Port Norris, Turnersville, Holmesburg, Erlton-Ellisburg and 
Tacony around 425 PM EST.   Cherry Hill, Lindenwold, Palmyra, Port 
Elizabeth, Echelon,   Bricksboro, Mauricetown, Feasterville, 
Andalusia and   Feasterville-Trevose around 430 PM EST. Cumberland, 
Bensalem, Mount Laurel, Voorhees, Riverside, Langhorne, Langhorn and 
Marlton around 435 PM EST.   Evesham, Berlin and Beverly around 440 
PM EST. 

Other locations impacted by this dangerous squall include Oak Valley,
Cornwells Heights-Eddington, Collingdale, Churchville, Hulmeville,
Moorestown-Lenola, Merchantville, Tavistock, Gibbsboro and
Pennsauken.

VISIBILITIES WILL DROP QUICKLY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN 
THIS DANGEROUS SQUALL.  an inch of snow can fall in 10 minutes in 
the worst of the squalls.  

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL INTO OR THROUGH THIS DANGEROUS
SNOW SQUALL. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY SLICK ROADS
ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE
SQUALL PASSES YOUR LOCATION.

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 3980 7468 3920 7467 3920 7468 3917 7467
      3915 7469 3927 7509 3926 7509 3930 7518
      3929 7520 3933 7530 4005 7529 4021 7527
      4022 7464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 277DEG 22KT 4014 7521 3986 7523 3935 7523 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 4:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean52 min
Jan 30, 5:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle22 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.