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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Feb 18, 2021, 12:06 PM EST for 7 counties in New Jersey; 8 counties in Pennsylvania. 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
- Feb 18, 2021, 12:06 PM EST (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KPHI 181706
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1206 PM EST Thu Feb 18 2021
DEZ001-NJZ007>010-012>020-026-027-PAZ060>062-070-071-101>106-181800-
New Castle-Salem-Camden-Coastal Ocean-Mercer-Northwestern
Burlington-Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-Morris-Hunterdon-Eastern
Monmouth-Western Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-Warren-Gloucester-Lower
Bucks-Lehigh-Eastern Montgomery-Northampton-Upper Bucks-Western
Montgomery-Delaware-Eastern Chester-Western
Chester-Philadelphia-Berks-
1206 PM EST Thu Feb 18 2021
...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NEW CASTLE...OCEAN...
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...MERCER...SOMERSET...
NORTHWESTERN SALEM...SOUTHERN MORRIS...HUNTERDON...NORTHWESTERN
GLOUCESTER...BURLINGTON...MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX...MONTGOMERY...EASTERN
BERKS...SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH...BUCKS...CHESTER...PHILADELPHIA...
SOUTHERN NORTHAMPTON AND DELAWARE COUNTIES...
At 1205 PM EST, an area of heavy snow was located along a line
extending from Coatesville to near Bivalve.
Snowfall rates of around an inch and a half per hour will be common
within this band. Given temperatures in the 20s and the cold ground,
road conditions will rapidly deteriorate. In addition, the
visibility will be reduced to one quarter of a mile within the heavy
snow.
Be prepared for snow covered roads. Slow down and allow extra time
when traveling.
Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Toms River, Reading, Trenton, Camden, Wilmington, New
Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Newark, Long Branch, Easton, West Chester,
Asbury Park, Somerville, Gloucester City, Sandy Hook, Somerset,
Edison, Lakewood and Bethlehem.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 13.
Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 296 and 359.
Northeast Extension between mile markers 21 and 60.
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 40.
Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 0 and 23.
Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 327 and 351.
Interstate 76 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 3.
Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 47 and 76.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 43.
Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 34.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 76.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 31.
Interstate 676 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1.
Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 4.
Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 19.
Interstate 176 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 1 and 11.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 75 and 134.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.
LAT...LON 4001 7397 3979 7431 3985 7495 3960 7561
3963 7579 3972 7579 3972 7613 3987 7599
4011 7594 4014 7588 4034 7618 4082 7522
4074 7437 4060 7446 4060 7421 4047 7427
4041 7398 4048 7402 4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 233DEG 49KT 3999 7583 3916 7503
$$
BAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 5:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 89 min |
| Feb 18, 5:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 77 min |
| Feb 18, 7:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 8:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 66 min |
| Feb 18, 10:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 62 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.