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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 3, 2017Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2017, 4:48 PM EST for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 42 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
Mar 3, 2017, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2017, 5:30 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2017-03-03Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

824 
WWUS81 KPHI 032148
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
448 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2017

NJZ009-010-012-015-PAZ103>106-032230-
Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-Lower Bucks-Upper Bucks-Eastern
Montgomery-Western Montgomery-
448 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2017

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HUNTERDON...MERCER...SOUTHERN
SOMERSET...WEST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND
BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 446 PM EST, a snow squall was located along a line extending from
Milford to near Quakertown. Movement was east at 35 mph.

This squall will be near...
  Frenchtown, Milford and Erwinna around 450 PM EST. 
  Bedminster, Dublin and Ottsville around 455 PM EST. 
  Chalfont, Tinicum and Pipersville around 500 PM EST. 
  Doylestown, Byram, Gardenville, Sand Brook and Sergeantsville 
  around 505 PM EST. 
  Flemington, Stockton and Lumberville around 510 PM EST. 
  New Hope and Cloverhill around 515 PM EST. 
  Hopewell, Richboro and Flagtown around 520 PM EST. 
  Newtown, Langhorne, Washington Crossing, Washington Crossing, 
  Skillman and Belle Mead around 525 PM EST. 

Visibilities in this squall will drop quickly to one-quarter mile or 
less in spots for a few minutes. Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph are 
also possible. Any snowfall accumulations will be minor and limited 
to grassy surfaces.

Use extra caution and reduce speed if traveling into or through this 
snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility could lead to accidents. 

LAT...LON 4023 7465 4013 7480 4036 7551 4062 7514
      4050 7447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 292DEG 32KT 4057 7510 4042 7530 

$$

JRK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem41 min
Mar 3, 3:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren57 min
Mar 3, 4:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren37 min
Mar 3, 4:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Somerset36 min
Mar 3, 5:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Mercer29 min
Mar 3, 5:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester23 min
Mar 3, 6:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean28 min
Mar 3, 3:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery37 min
Mar 3, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia33 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.