Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2018
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 10:35 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 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 3, 2018, 10:35 PM EDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2018, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
365
WWUS81 KPHI 040235
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1035 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018
NJZ001-007>010-PAZ055-062-040330-
Morris-Hunterdon-Sussex-Somerset-Warren-Monroe-Northampton-
1035 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MORRIS...NORTHEASTERN
HUNTERDON...SUSSEX...WARREN...NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET...CENTRAL MONROE
AND NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
At 1033 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Saylorsburg to near Columbia to near
Washington to Flemington. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
Winds up to 45 mph are possible with these storms. Owing to the
saturated ground, these gusts may be strong enough to down a few
trees.
Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Port Jervis, Newton, Montague, Dover, Hopatcong, East
Stroudsburg, Hackettstown, Boonton, Wharton, Washington, Rockaway,
Blairstown, Morris Plains, Bangor, Mount Arlington, Franklin,
Mendham, Flemington and Mountain Lakes.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4123 7442 4116 7441 4110 7449 4104 7450
4105 7445 4102 7443 4101 7438 4085 7436
4047 7489 4073 7494 4084 7510 4083 7547
4125 7513 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503
4109 7500 4116 7490 4132 7480 4136 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 217DEG 36KT 4088 7535 4089 7507 4078 7491 4052
7487
$$
CMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 2:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 3:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 3:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 33 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Aug 4, 10:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 8 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 1:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 21 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 4:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:55 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 12 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 29 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.