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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Dec 2, 2021, 8:00 PM EST for Sussex County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 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
- Dec 2, 2021, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2021, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
325
WWUS81 KPHI 030100
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
800 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
NJZ001-007-PAZ055-062-030145-
Sussex NJ-Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
800 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
...Strong showers with embedded thunderstorms will impact portions
of Sussex, northern Warren, Monroe and northeastern Northampton
Counties through 845 PM EST...
At 759 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Greeley to near Greentown to near Arrowhead
Lake. Movement was southeast at 45 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...
Newton, Montague, Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna,
Blairstown, Bangor, Franklin, Pen Argyl, Hamburg, Ogdensburg, Sussex,
Hope, East Bangor, Branchville, Andover, Stormville, High Point,
Werry Lake and Pocono Pines.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 288 and 314.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 16.
Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4120 7436 4104 7455 4095 7475 4086 7526
4112 7565 4113 7565 4123 7554 4125 7513
4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4116 7490
4129 7483 4135 7475 4136 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 294DEG 38KT 4144 7499 4129 7528 4122 7562
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
StaarmannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 8:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 42 min |
| Dec 2, 9:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 43 min |
| Dec 2, 10:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 46 min |
| Dec 2, 8:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 41 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.