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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 6, 2021, 6:50 AM EST for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 6, 2021, 6:50 AM EST (11:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2021, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
124
WWUS81 KPHI 061150
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
650 AM EST Sat Mar 6 2021
NJZ008>010-012-015-061230-
Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-
650 AM EST Sat Mar 6 2021
...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS...NORTHEASTERN
HUNTERDON...NORTHEASTERN MERCER...SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
At 650 AM EST, a snow squall was located over Bridgewater, or near
Somerville, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge,
East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North
Brunswick, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, Jamesburg, Hightstown,
Cranbury, High Bridge, Clinton and Peapack And Gladstone.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 12.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 17 and 40.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 28.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 123 and 132.
Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this dangerous
snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads
can lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until the squall
passes your location.
LAT...LON 4027 7454 4067 7495 4081 7475 4063 7442
4062 7443 4060 7446 4060 7437 4053 7425
4050 7426 4050 7428 4047 7427 4046 7425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 324DEG 26KT 4063 7462
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 42 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.