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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2021Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 11, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 977 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

686 
WWUS81 KPHI 112345
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
745 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021
 
NJZ008-010-120030-
Morris NJ-Somerset NJ-
745 PM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Morris and
northeastern Somerset Counties through 830 PM EDT...

At 744 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Parsippany, or near Morristown, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Strong winds may also occur south 
         of this thunderstorm, away from any precipitation.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Dover, Madison, Florham Park, East Hanover, Lincoln Park,
Chatham, Boonton, Wharton, Rockaway, Morris Plains, Mount Arlington,
Mendham, Mountain Lakes, Stanhope, Netcong, Peapack And Gladstone,
Chester, Victory Gardens and Far Hills.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 28 and 42.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 28 and 49.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 21 and 49.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4091 7434 4086 7432 4082 7434 4079 7437
      4076 7437 4075 7436 4067 7446 4066 7445
      4066 7440 4062 7442 4063 7471 4091 7470
      4095 7428 4092 7429 4090 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 279DEG 22KT 4083 7442 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester43 min
Aug 10, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem42 min
Aug 10, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI79 min
Aug 10, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester2 hr
Aug 10, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland23 min
Aug 11, 2:56 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren12 hr
Aug 11, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex48 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren28 min
Aug 11, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 11, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Salem2 hr
Aug 11, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren41 min
Aug 11, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Aug 11, 7:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Warren3 hr
Aug 11, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer53 min
Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset48 min
Aug 11, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe44 min
Aug 11, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks47 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe57 min
Aug 11, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks57 min
Aug 11, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Montgomery44 min
Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery49 min
Aug 11, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton42 min
Aug 10, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle34 min
Aug 10, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex36 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Talbot32 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline32 min
Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's64 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.