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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 27, 2021Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 7:28 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 27, 2021, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2021-07-27Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WWUS81 KPHI 272328
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
728 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

NJZ007-009-010-012-PAZ062-105-280000-
Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-Warren-Upper Bucks-Northampton-
728 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...SOMERSET...NORTHERN 
MIDDLESEX...NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON 
COUNTIES...

At 726 PM EDT, radar indicated that an outflow boundary from 
previous thunderstorms was located along a line extending from near 
Plainfield to near Lebanon to Wilson. Movement was southeast at 25 
mph.

Wind gusts up to 40 mph are possible. Little or no rain is expected.

Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Easton, Somerville, Somerset, Edison,
Bethlehem, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, Sayreville, North Brunswick,
Carteret, Forks, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, Wilson, Nazareth,
Flemington and Clinton.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 12.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 68 and 76.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 18, and
between mile markers 27 and 41.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 21.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 121 and 133.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
      4045 7423 4043 7425 4040 7474 4042 7475
      4041 7481 4052 7530 4075 7539 4064 7487
      4066 7440 4063 7442 4060 7446 4059 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 336DEG 22KT 4061 7437 4059 7485 4068 7527 

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren24 min
Jul 27, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex23 min
Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris25 min
Jul 27, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset23 min
Jul 27, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean35 min
Jul 27, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe42 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.