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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2018Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2018-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1302 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 2018-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
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

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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

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 9:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Aug 3, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren53 min
Aug 4, 2:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 4, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren51 min
Aug 4, 3:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr
Aug 4, 3:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex65 min
Aug 4, 3:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren33 hr
Aug 4, 5:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris3 hr
Aug 4, 5:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon7 hr
Aug 4, 5:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris3 hr
Aug 4, 6:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris4 hr
Aug 4, 6:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset4 hr
Aug 4, 8:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset4 hr
Aug 4, 9:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISomerset3 hr
Aug 4, 9:39 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI6 hr
Aug 4, 10:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris4 hr
Aug 4, 10:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset4 hr
Aug 4, 12:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset2 hr
Aug 4, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren34 min
Aug 4, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon56 min
Aug 3, 8:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon4 hr
Aug 3, 9:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks8 hr
Aug 3, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton4 hr
Aug 3, 11:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh6 hr
Aug 4, 12:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon4 hr
Aug 4, 1:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe4 hr
Aug 4, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks30 min
Aug 4, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh43 min
Aug 4, 1:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr
Aug 4, 2:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton21 hr
Aug 4, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton63 min
Aug 4, 4:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks7 hr
Aug 4, 5:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe2 hr
Aug 4, 6:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr
Aug 4, 8:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester, Montgomery4 hr
Aug 4, 9:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMontgomery3 hr
Aug 4, 11:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester, Montgomery, Philadelphia12 hr
Aug 3, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot50 min
Aug 4, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's29 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.