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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2017, 3:58 PM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 16, 2017, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 16, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 3:13 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 313 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-070-071-101>106-171915- New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Cecil-Kent MD- Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset- Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester- Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May- Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton- Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester- Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks- 313 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, northern Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, central New Jersey, northern New Jersey, northwest New Jersey, southern New Jersey, east central Pennsylvania, northeast Pennsylvania and southeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ANZ430-431-450>455-171915- Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm- 313 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and Delaware Bay Waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
141 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM MARINE TSTM WIND SHIP JOHN SHOAL NOS 39.30N 75.38W
04/16/2017 M40 MPH ANZ430 NJ NOS PLATFORM
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EVENT NUMBER PHI1700639
JRKSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 3:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
358 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2017
NJZ008>010-162030-
Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-
358 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2017
...A GUSTY SHOWER WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MORRIS...EAST CENTRAL
HUNTERDON... NORTHERN SOMERSET AND NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
At 356 PM EDT, a shower was located over Far Hills, or 7 miles north
of Somerville, moving east at 50 mph.
This shower will be near...
Bound Brook, Basking Ridge and Martinsville around 400 PM EDT.
Middlesex and Millington around 405 PM EDT.
Madison around 410 PM EDT.
Florham Park, East Hanover and Chatham around 415 PM EDT.
A brief heavy downpour and strong wind gusts up to 50 mph are
possible with this shower. Although there is currently no lightning
detected, further strengthening could result in isolated cloud to
ground lightning.
LAT...LON 4079 7437 4076 7438 4075 7436 4074 7437
4067 7446 4066 7445 4066 7440 4063 7442
4060 7445 4057 7452 4055 7474 4076 7476
4083 7434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 262DEG 42KT 4068 7463
JRKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 35 min |
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Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.