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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 9, 2021Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 9, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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: Sep 9, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2021, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

As transmitted.

606 
WWUS81 KPHI 090430
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1230 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021
 
NJZ001-007>010-090500-
Hunterdon NJ-Morris NJ-Sussex NJ-Somerset NJ-Warren NJ-
1230 AM EDT Thu Sep 9 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern
Hunterdon, Morris, southern Sussex, northeastern Warren and northern
Somerset Counties through 100 AM EDT...

At 1230 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Greendell to White House Station. Movement
was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Newton, Dover, Madison, Hopatcong, Florham Park, East
Hanover, Lincoln Park, Kinnelon, Hackettstown, Chatham, Boonton,
Butler, Wharton, Rockaway, Morris Plains, Mount Arlington, Franklin,
Mendham and Mountain Lakes.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 20 and 42.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 16 and 48.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 19 and 54.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7436 4110 7449 4104 7450 4105 7445
      4102 7443 4100 7430 4090 7427 4091 7434
      4083 7433 4076 7438 4075 7436 4067 7446
      4066 7445 4066 7440 4063 7442 4058 7485
      4099 7491 4122 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 248DEG 34KT 4099 7479 4064 7476 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Warren	3 hr
Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex, Warren	29 min
Sep 8, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex, Warren	47 min
Sep 8, 10:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	6 hr
Sep 8, 10:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	34 min
Sep 8, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	48 min
Sep 8, 11:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Sussex	4 hr
Sep 9, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren	23 min
Sep 9, 12:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Sep 9, 12:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		52 min
Sep 9, 2:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	28 min
Sep 9, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	29 min
Sep 9, 3:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	31 min
Sep 9, 3:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland	112 min
Sep 9, 4:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Warren	4 hr
Sep 8, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	28 min
Sep 8, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	48 min
Sep 8, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	52 min
Sep 8, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	44 min
Sep 8, 9:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	7 hr
Sep 8, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks	3 hr
Sep 8, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks	49 min
Sep 8, 10:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Berks	22 min
Sep 8, 10:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Northampton	33 min
Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	3 hr
Sep 8, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	58 min
Sep 8, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery	40 min
Sep 9, 12:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	37 min
Sep 9, 4:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	3 hr
Sep 9, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	32 min
Sep 9, 1:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	New Castle	62 min
Sep 9, 5:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	3 hr

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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.