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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 24, 20174 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in 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
Oct 24, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2017, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2017-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 443 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
443 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted.

342 
WWUS81 KPHI 241200
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
800 AM EDT TUE OCT 24 2017

NJZ009-010-012-013-015-018>020-PAZ071-106-241230-
Hunterdon-Northwestern Burlington-Camden-Ocean-Western
Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-Lower Bucks-Philadelphia-
800 AM EDT TUE OCT 24 2017

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT HUNTERDON...NORTHWESTERN 
BURLINGTON...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...NORTHWESTERN OCEAN... CENTRAL 
WESTERN MONMOUTH...SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...MERCER...EASTERN LOWER 
BUCKS AND NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 756 AM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line 
extending from near Flemington to Lawrenceville to Holmesburg. 
Movement was northeast at 70 mph. Wind gusts to 50 mph may occur 
with this line of showers.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville,
Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, Bensalem, East Brunswick, Bridgewater,
South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Manalapan, Ewing,
Willingboro, Carteret, Middlesex and Lumberton.

LAT...LON 3993 7465 3997 7509 4025 7492 4052 7504
      4078 7488 4072 7474 4076 7456 4070 7451
      4065 7452 4067 7446 4065 7440 4063 7442
      4060 7446 4060 7422 4057 7421 4055 7425
      4050 7426 4050 7428 4046 7426 4045 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1156Z 210DEG 61KT 4054 7493 4028 7470 4003 7501 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 2:42 AM EDTGale WarningPHI16 hr
Oct 24, 6:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland40 min
Oct 24, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester28 min
Oct 24, 8:33 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHISussex2 hr
Oct 24, 8:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren32 min
Oct 24, 9:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren33 min
Oct 24, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester31 min
Oct 24, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren30 min
Oct 24, 10:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Hunterdon30 min
Oct 24, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren39 min
Oct 24, 11:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington27 min
Oct 24, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset34 min
Oct 24, 11:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Somerset34 min
Oct 24, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean29 min
Oct 24, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Sussex27 min
Oct 24, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris32 min
Oct 24, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth26 min
Oct 24, 2:16 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI13 hr
Oct 24, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Oct 24, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Oct 24, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic34 min
Oct 24, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Oct 24, 6:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean4 hr
Oct 24, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean32 min
Oct 24, 8:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Montgomery23 min
Oct 24, 8:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton32 min
Oct 24, 8:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe23 min
Oct 24, 5:54 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot6 hr

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.