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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 31, 2017Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2017, 11:42 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 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
May 31, 2017, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2017, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

889 
WWUS81 KPHI 010342
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1142 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2017

NJZ001-007-008-010415-
Morris-Sussex-Warren-
1142 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2017

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MORRIS...
SUSSEX AND EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES...

At 1141 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Branchville to near Newton to near
Great Meadows-Vienna. Movement was east at 35 mph.

These storms will be near...
  Newton, Branchville, Andover and Pellettown around 1145 PM EDT. 
  Hopatcong, Hamburg, Sussex and Lake Mohawk around 1155 PM EDT. 
  Stanhope, Ogdensburg and Budd Lake around 1200 AM EDT. 
  Franklin, Netcong, Vernon Valley, Highland Lake and Succasunna 
  around 1205 AM EDT. 
  Mount Arlington, Succasunna-Kenvil and Green Pond around 1210 AM 
  EDT. 
  Dover, Wharton, Victory Gardens, Lake Telemark and Upper Greenwood 
  Lake around 1215 AM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by these storms include White Meadow Lake.

Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this 
storm.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm...and may cause 
ponding on roadways and poor drainage areas. Do not drive your 
vehicle through flooded roadways.

Occasional cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. 
Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. If you see 
lightning or hear thunder seek a safe shelter inside a building or 
vehicle.

LAT...LON 4121 7439 4119 7438 4109 7450 4108 7449
      4104 7450 4105 7445 4104 7443 4084 7457
      4089 7494 4102 7481 4123 7475 4130 7456
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 258DEG 30KT 4120 7475 4102 7479 4088 7493 

$$

Robertson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset36 min
May 31, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset36 min
May 31, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex34 min
May 31, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren32 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.