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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 24, 2017Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 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, 10:00 AM EDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2017, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

620 
WWUS81 KPHI 241400
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1000 AM EDT TUE OCT 24 2017

NJZ001-007>009-PAZ055-062-241430-
Morris-Hunterdon-Sussex-Warren-Monroe-Northampton-
1000 AM EDT TUE OCT 24 2017

...A SHOWER WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN
HUNTERDON...SUSSEX...WARREN...EASTERN MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 1000 AM EDT, a shower was located over Roxburg, or 9 miles
northeast of Easton, moving northeast at 65 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with this shower. An isolated 
lightning strike is also possible.

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Newton, Hopatcong, Forks, East Stroudsburg, Hackettstown,
Wilson, Washington, Blairstown, Nazareth, Bangor, Franklin, Stanhope,
Pen Argyl, Hamburg, Netcong, Wind Gap, Belvidere, Harmony and Oxford.

LAT...LON 4114 7446 4057 7504 4076 7540 4125 7515
      4125 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503
      4109 7500 4116 7490 4121 7486 4123 7487
      4127 7484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1400Z 209DEG 58KT 4079 7509 

$$

CMS

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, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset30 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, 10:30 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.