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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 21, 2021Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2021, 2:28 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2021, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 21, 2:35 PM EDTHAIL 0.252 Nw Wall Twp, NJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-21Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WWUS81 KPHI 211828
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
228 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

NJZ010-012>014-020-211915-
Eastern Monmouth-Ocean-Western Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-
228 PM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN...
SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET...MONMOUTH AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 228 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Jamesburg, or
7 miles south of New Brunswick, moving east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook,
Somerset, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, Howell, East Brunswick,
Sayreville, North Brunswick, Marlboro, Manalapan, Carteret, Tinton
Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank and Matawan.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 13.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 15 and 34.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 7, and
between mile markers 9 and 11.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 96 and 133.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4013 7397 4014 7446 4054 7453 4060 7430
      4060 7421 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426
      4050 7428 4046 7426 4044 7420 4046 7418
      4041 7398 4042 7398 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 254DEG 25KT 4038 7440 

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 8:48 PM EDTFreeze WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren7 hr
Apr 21, 3:26 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren30 hr
Apr 21, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren50 min
Apr 21, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren21 min
Apr 21, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren27 min
Apr 21, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem50 min
Apr 21, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex58 min
Apr 21, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester36 min
Apr 21, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Apr 21, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset33 min
Apr 21, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean62 min
Apr 21, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean43 min
Apr 21, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland27 min
Apr 21, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem43 min
Apr 21, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Apr 21, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean37 min
Apr 21, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Apr 21, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May32 min
Apr 21, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean40 min
Apr 21, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic28 min
Apr 21, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Apr 21, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Lehigh42 min
Apr 21, 12:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton43 min
Apr 21, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware36 min
Apr 21, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent37 min
Apr 21, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Apr 21, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex42 min
Apr 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex16 min
Apr 21, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot40 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.