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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 8, 2021Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 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
May 8, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2021-05-08Temperature 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 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

064 
WWUS81 KPHI 081946
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
346 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

NJZ010-012-082015-
Somerset-Middlesex-
346 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SHOWER WILL AFFECT CENTRAL SOMERSET AND NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES...

At 345 PM EDT, a shower was located over Bridgewater, or over
Somerville, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and a brief funnel cloud is possible with this shower.

Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Somerville, Somerset, Bridgewater, Middlesex, Bound
Brook, Manville, Rocky Hill, Millstone, Flagtown, Belle Mead,
Martinsville, Society Hill, North Brunswick Township, Kendall Park,
Highland Park, Raritan and South Bound Brook.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 29 and 33.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 9 and 23.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4049 7441 4039 7464 4039 7465 4056 7474
      4058 7471 4059 7472 4060 7472 4062 7471
      4063 7471 4067 7463
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 321DEG 14KT 4057 7465 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth38 min
May 8, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth33 min
May 8, 1:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth58 min
May 8, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean15 min
May 8, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean14 min
May 8, 2:34 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI7 hr
May 8, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris48 min
May 8, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI31 min
May 8, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem26 min
May 8, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem37 min
May 8, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 8, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
May 8, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
May 8, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland29 min
May 8, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset24 min
May 8, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 8, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset29 min
May 8, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
May 8, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent36 min
May 8, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
May 8, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
May 8, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex27 min
May 8, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent34 min
May 8, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's24 min
May 8, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline25 min
May 8, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline24 min
May 8, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.