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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2019, 9:36 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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, 2019, 9:36 PM EDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2019, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Sussex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
527
WWUS81 KPHI 040136
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
936 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019
NJZ001-007-008-040230-
Morris-Sussex-Warren-
936 PM EDT Sat Aug 3 2019
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL MORRIS...
SUSSEX AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
At 936 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Vernon Valley to near Echo Lake.
Movement was east at 15 mph.
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Newton, Hopatcong, Blairstown, Mount Arlington, Franklin, Stanhope,
Hamburg, Ogdensburg, Sussex, Branchville, Andover, Flatbrookville,
Lake Mohawk, Greendell, Millbrook, Vernon Valley, Five Points, Green
Pond, Pellettown and Crandon Lakes.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4120 7437 4109 7450 4104 7450 4105 7445
4102 7443 4103 7442 4102 7440 4091 7467
4100 7512 4104 7503 4109 7497 4109 7499
4129 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 291DEG 12KT 4126 7452 4103 7511
$$
IovinoThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Aug 4, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Aug 4, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 12:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 45 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.