Alert archive / New Jersey / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 2, 20215 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Dec 2, 2021, 9:47 PM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 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, 9:47 PM EST (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 2021, 10:30 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2021-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 353 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

032 
WWUS81 KPHI 030247
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
947 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
 
NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ060>062-103-105-106-030330-
Mercer NJ-Hunterdon NJ-Morris NJ-Sussex NJ-Somerset NJ-Middlesex NJ-
Warren NJ-Lower Bucks PA-Lehigh PA-Northampton PA-Upper Bucks PA-
Western Montgomery PA-Berks PA-
947 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021

...Strong showers with embedded thunderstorms will impact portions 
of Morris, Hunterdon, south central Sussex, Warren, northwestern 
Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex, northeastern Berks, Lehigh, north 
central Montgomery, Bucks and Northampton Counties through 1030 PM 
EST...

At 945 PM EST, doppler radar indicated strong showers with embedded 
thunderstorms along a line extending from Parsippany to near 
Bloomsbury to Topton. These showers have a history of producing 
brief wind gusts up to 45 mph. Movement was east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Doppler radar and automated gauges.

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

Locations impacted include...
Allentown, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Easton, Morristown,
Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Bethlehem, Old Bridge, East Brunswick,
Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret,
Dover, Madison, Hopatcong and Forks.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 12.
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 35 and 63.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 40 and 76.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 42.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 18 and 48.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 53.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 121 and 133.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
      4045 7423 4040 7426 4025 7521 4052 7598
      4088 7510 4101 7433 4097 7428 4090 7427
      4091 7434 4083 7433 4076 7438 4075 7436
      4067 7446 4065 7440 4060 7446 4059 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 282DEG 54KT 4085 7439 4061 7506 4050 7572 

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

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 8:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex45 min
Dec 2, 8:48 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren42 min
Dec 2, 10:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth46 min
Dec 2, 8:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2021Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.