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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 10, 2020Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2020, 3:27 AM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 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
Apr 10, 2020, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2020, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2020-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -193 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

907 
WWUS81 KPHI 100727
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
327 AM EDT Fri Apr 10 2020

NJZ001-007>010-100830-
Morris-Hunterdon-Sussex-Somerset-Warren-
327 AM EDT Fri Apr 10 2020

...AN AREA OF SNOW WILL AFFECT MORRIS...NORTHEASTERN 
HUNTERDON...SUSSEX...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN SOMERSET 
COUNTIES...

At 325 AM EDT, an area of snow mixed with graupel was located over 
far eastern Sussex County into western Morris County, moving 
southeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible with this area of heavy snow.

Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Somerville, Newton, Bridgewater, Dover, Madison,
Hopatcong, Middlesex, Florham Park, East Hanover, Lincoln Park, Bound
Brook, Manville, Kinnelon, Hackettstown, Chatham, Boonton, Butler,
Wharton and Rockaway.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 12 and 54.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 28 and 42.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 1, and
between mile markers 6 and 47.

Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. 
Slow down and allow extra time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4110 7449 4104 7450 4105 7445
      4102 7443 4100 7430 4090 7427 4091 7433
      4076 7438 4075 7436 4068 7445 4066 7445
      4066 7440 4053 7456 4098 7514 4104 7503
      4109 7497 4111 7498 4131 7459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 322DEG 30KT 4087 7449 

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Apr 9, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem41 min
Apr 10, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more14 min
Apr 10, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more57 min
Apr 10, 12:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Apr 10, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Apr 10, 1:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Apr 10, 1:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean13 min
Apr 10, 3:33 AM EDTFreeze WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren12 hr
Apr 10, 3:29 PM EDTFreeze WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren18 hr
Apr 10, 3:43 PM EDTFire Weather WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more12 hr
Apr 9, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester36 min
Apr 9, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh36 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.