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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 24, 2017Middlesex County, Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2017, 12:03 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 27 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, 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2017, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

910 
WWUS81 KPHI 241603
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1203 PM EDT TUE OCT 24 2017

NJZ001-008-010-012-241630-
Morris-Sussex-Somerset-Middlesex-
1203 PM EDT TUE OCT 24 2017

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT MORRIS...EASTERN SUSSEX...CENTRAL
SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 1202 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near High Point to Green Pond to Cranbury. Movement
was northeast at 60 mph.

Winds up to 40 mph are possible with these showers. An isolated 
lightning strike is possible.

Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville, Port Jervis,
Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick,
Sayreville, North Brunswick, Dover, Madison, Hopatcong, Middlesex,
Florham Park, East Hanover, Lincoln Park and Bound Brook.

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4104 7450 4105 7445 4097 7428
      4090 7427 4091 7433 4076 7437 4075 7436
      4067 7446 4066 7440 4060 7446 4059 7428
      4060 7423 4041 7432 4028 7452 4033 7462
      4092 7460 4130 7477 4136 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 206DEG 50KT 4129 7469 4100 7445 4033 7451 

$$

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, 10:00 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, 12:28 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

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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.