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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 24 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
- May 8, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Sw Helmetta, NJ | SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
780
WWUS81 KPHI 082021
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
421 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021
NJZ008>010-012>014-082045-
Hunterdon-Morris-Eastern Monmouth-Western
Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-
421 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHERN
MORRIS...SOMERSET...NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
At 421 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from Carteret to near North Brunswick Township to near
Clinton. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.
Accumulating pea size hail and a brief funnel cloud are possible
with these showers.
Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville, Sandy Hook,
Somerset, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick,
Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Marlboro,
Carteret, Holmdel, Madison, Middlesex and Red Bank.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 13.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 10 and 42.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 44 and 47.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 42.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 111 and 134.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4040 7397 4025 7430 4045 7485 4067 7505
4084 7465 4087 7436 4084 7433 4076 7437
4075 7436 4067 7446 4065 7440 4060 7446
4060 7421 4056 7421 4050 7428 4047 7427
4044 7420 4041 7398 4048 7402 4048 7401
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 319DEG 16KT 4060 7423 4046 7454 4059 7492
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 38 min |
| May 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 33 min |
| May 8, 1:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 58 min |
| May 8, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 15 min |
| May 8, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 14 min |
| May 8, 2:34 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 7 hr | |
| May 8, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris | 48 min |
| May 8, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 31 min | |
| May 8, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| May 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 29 min |
| May 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| May 8, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 48 min | |
| May 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 29 min |
| May 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| May 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 29 min |
| May 8, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| May 8, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 36 min |
| May 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 36 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 30 min |
| May 8, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 34 min |
| May 8, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 24 min |
| May 8, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 25 min |
| May 8, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 28 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.