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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 11, 2017Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 11, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2017-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1083 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
1083 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

706 
WWUS81 KPHI 112005
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
405 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2017

NJZ012-013-015-019-020-112030-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Western Monmouth-Middlesex-Mercer-
405 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN...
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH AND
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 405 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Edinburg, or
near Trenton, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Old Bridge, Manalapan, Jamesburg, Hightstown, Bordentown, Cranbury,
Allentown, Roosevelt, Princeton Meadows, Windsor, Six Flags Theme
Park, Plainsboro Center, Jacksons Mills, West Freehold, Clearbrook
Park, Clarksburg, Vista Center, Edinburg, Crosswicks and White Horse.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4015 7472 4033 7473 4039 7430 4012 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 267DEG 19KT 4025 7464 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 2:52 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer19 hr
Jul 11, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland37 min
Jul 11, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem45 min
Jul 11, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean39 min
Jul 11, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean46 min
Jul 11, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic44 min
Jul 11, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean23 min
Jul 11, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex44 min
Jul 11, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI49 min
Jul 11, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jul 11, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jul 11, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth57 min
Jul 11, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 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.