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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 18, 2018Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2018, 8:36 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 18, 2018, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2018-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2018-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

104 
WWUS81 KPHI 190036
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
836 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2018

NJZ009-010-012>015-018-019-PAZ071-104-106-190100-
Hunterdon-Northwestern Burlington-Eastern Monmouth-Camden-Western
Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-Lower Bucks-Eastern
Montgomery-Philadelphia-
836 PM EDT MON JUN 18 2018

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
HUNTERDON...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
SOUTHERN SOMERSET...MIDDLESEX...CENTRAL MONMOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 834 PM EDT, radar indicated that strong thunderstorms were 
located along a line extending from Watchung to Lambertville in New 
Jersey to around Norristown in Pennsylvania. Movement was southeast 
at 35 mph.

Winds up to 35 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy,
Somerville, Gloucester City, Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Cherry
Hill, Middletown, Old Bridge, Bensalem, East Brunswick, Evesham,
South Brunswick, Sayreville, Mount Laurel and North Brunswick.

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

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

LAT...LON 4017 7436 4017 7441 4008 7455 4006 7454
      3980 7497 4005 7535 4066 7446 4067 7443
      4060 7446 4059 7421 4050 7428 4046 7426
      4045 7413 4041 7403 4044 7399 4047 7402
      4047 7401 4044 7398 4042 7400 4039 7398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 294DEG 33KT 4061 7434 4012 7512 

$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden48 min
Jun 18, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth64 min
Jun 18, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jun 18, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2018Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2018Every special weather statement in 2018

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.