Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 3, 2017, 7:45 PM EST for Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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, 7:45 PM EST (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2017, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
497
WWUS81 KPHI 040045
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
745 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2017
NJZ009-010-012-040115-
Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-
745 PM EST FRI MAR 3 2017
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT EASTERN HUNTERDON...NORTHEASTERN
MERCER...SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
At 742 PM EST, a snow squall was located near Interstates 78 and 287
from near Millington to Bridgewater to Lebanon. Movement was
southeast at 30 mph.
This squall will be near...
Somerville and Middlesex around 750 PM EST.
Bound Brook, Manville and Martinsville around 755 PM EST.
Millstone and Colonia around 800 PM EST.
Somerset, Edison and Society Hill around 805 PM EST.
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, Carteret, Belle Mead and
Skillman around 810 PM EST.
Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, North Brunswick,
Matawan, Rocky Hill, North Brunswick Township, Kendall Park,
Kingston and Dayton around 815 PM EST.
Visibilities in this squall will drop quickly to as low as one-
quarter mile in spots for a few minutes. Wind gusts in excess of 30
mph are also possible. Any snowfall accumulations will be minor and
mainly limited to grassy surfaces.
Use caution and reduce speed if traveling into or through this snow
squall. Rapid changes in visibility could lead to accidents.
LAT...LON 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428 4045 7423
4042 7425 4034 7463 4038 7462 4039 7470
4060 7496 4069 7453 4065 7452 4067 7448
4066 7440 4060 7446 4061 7433 4058 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 307DEG 25KT 4065 7449 4060 7468 4058 7485
$$
JRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:20 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 19 hr |
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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.