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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 27, 2021Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 11:13 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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, 11:13 PM EDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

872 
WWUS81 KPHI 280313
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1113 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

NJZ001-007-PAZ055-062-280400-
Sussex-Warren-Monroe-Northampton-
1113 PM EDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX...WARREN...
CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 1113 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Scotrun, or
near Mount Pocono, moving east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 45 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, Hopatcong, East Stroudsburg, Hackettstown, Washington,
Blairstown, Bangor, Stanhope, Pen Argyl, Belvidere, Oxford, Hope,
East Bangor, Andover, Brass Castle, Stormville, Henryville, Werry
Lake, Pocono Pines and Greendell.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 293 and 314.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 23.
 Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 7.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4099 7463 4091 7472 4092 7473 4091 7476
      4089 7480 4088 7481 4086 7480 4080 7486
      4078 7490 4072 7496 4101 7552 4117 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 291DEG 40KT 4106 7538 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren31 min
Jul 28, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May22 min
Jul 27, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe24 min
Jul 27, 10:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe23 min
Jul 27, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon33 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex40 min
Jul 28, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent35 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.