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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 5, 20175 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 3:32 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 58 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
Aug 5, 2017, 3:32 AM EDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2017-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 425 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

606 
WWUS81 KPHI 050732
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
332 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2017

NJZ009-010-012-013-015>020-027-PAZ071-106-050830-
Salem-Camden-Southeastern Burlington-Mercer-Hunterdon-Northwestern
Burlington-Ocean-Western Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-Gloucester-Lower
Bucks-Philadelphia-
332 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2017

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
NORTHWESTERN OCEAN... CAMDEN...MERCER...SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET... 
NORTHEASTERN SALEM...SOUTHERN HUNTERDON...CENTRAL GLOUCESTER... 
BURLINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX... 
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 329 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy showers and embedded 
thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near New Hope 
to Tullytown to near Willingboro to Woodstown. Movement was east at 
25 mph.

Local winds gusts to 30 mph are possible with these storms, 
especially with the leading edge of the rain.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, New Brunswick, Gloucester City, Cherry
Hill, Old Bridge, Bensalem, Jackson, East Brunswick, Evesham, South
Brunswick, Mount Laurel, North Brunswick, Manalapan, Ewing,
Willingboro, Deptford, Voorhees and Medford.

Heavy rainfall is occurring with these showers and storms, and may 
cause localized flooding and will result in times of significantly 
reduced visibilities. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

Occasional cloud to ground lightning is occurring. Lightning can 
strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside 
a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3964 7486 3963 7540 3998 7507 4016 7495
      4036 7499 4050 7439 4020 7430 4002 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 261DEG 23KT 4038 7491 4016 7481 3999 7490 3965
7536

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 1:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Warren48 min
Aug 5, 4:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth45 min
Aug 5, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Aug 5, 3:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Aug 4, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks69 min
Aug 4, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Lehigh56 min
Aug 5, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery51 min
Aug 5, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Montgomery46 min
Aug 5, 2:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester52 min
Aug 5, 2:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia49 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.