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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 23, 2021Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 23, 2021, 2:47 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 28 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
Sep 23, 2021, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 23, 3:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Skillman, NJDOWNED TREE LIMBS AND WIRES NEAR SERVIS ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2021-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 103 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 2021-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

831 
WWUS81 KPHI 231847
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
247 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021
 
NJZ009-010-012-015-019-PAZ106-231915-
Hunterdon NJ-Northwestern Burlington NJ-Somerset NJ-Middlesex NJ-
Mercer NJ-Lower Bucks PA-
247 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Hunterdon, Mercer,
north central Burlington, southwestern Somerset, southwestern
Middlesex and southeastern Bucks Counties through 315 PM EDT...

At 247 PM EDT, an automated wind sensor reported strong 
thunderstorms producing wind gusts to 40 mph along a line extending 
from Sand Brook to Pennington to Tullytown to Jacksonville.
Movement was north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Public.

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

Locations impacted include...
Trenton, Ewing, Princeton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Mount
Holly, Flemington, Bordentown, High Bridge, Clinton, Pennington, New
Hope, Yardley, Hopewell, Tullytown, Langhorne, Lebanon, Califon and
Rocky Hill.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 5 and 7A.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 353 and 359.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 37 and 40.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 15 and 25.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 6.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 46 and 76.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3996 7477 4011 7495 4019 7493 4024 7488
      4044 7503 4078 7488 4074 7481 4055 7466
      4026 7456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 200DEG 31KT 4048 7493 4032 7482 4016 7481 4003
7477

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:43 PM EDTGale WarningPHI18 hr
Sep 23, 9:12 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester10 hr
Sep 23, 11:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Sep 23, 11:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester, Salem3 hr
Sep 23, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem48 min
Sep 23, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester51 min
Sep 23, 12:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Warren3 hr
Sep 23, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem47 min
Sep 23, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
Sep 23, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Hunterdon32 min
Sep 23, 2:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 3 more3 hr
Sep 23, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden23 min
Sep 23, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Somerset32 min
Sep 23, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington29 min
Sep 23, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset52 min
Sep 23, 3:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset2 hr
Sep 23, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington25 min
Sep 23, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, Sussex15 min
Sep 23, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset, Sussex3 hr
Sep 23, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth30 min
Sep 23, 10:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Sep 23, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton3 hr
Sep 23, 12:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Sep 23, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks33 min
Sep 23, 1:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester5 hr
Sep 23, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia80 min
Sep 23, 7:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks, Montgomery36 min
Sep 23, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle64 min
Sep 23, 11:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINew Castle33 min
Sep 23, 8:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot52 min
Sep 23, 9:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 hr
Sep 23, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot59 min
Sep 23, 9:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot44 min
Sep 23, 9:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr
Sep 23, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's40 min
Sep 23, 10:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.