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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Dec 2, 2021, 10:29 PM EST for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 46 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, 10:29 PM EST (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 2, 2021, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
050
WWUS81 KPHI 030329
SPSPHI
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1029 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
NJZ009-010-012>015-PAZ105-106-030415-
Hunterdon NJ-Eastern Monmouth NJ-Western Monmouth NJ-Somerset NJ-
Middlesex NJ-Mercer NJ-Lower Bucks PA-Upper Bucks PA-
1029 PM EST Thu Dec 2 2021
...Strong showers with embedded thunderstorms will impact portions
of southeastern Hunterdon, Mercer, southwestern Somerset, Monmouth,
Middlesex and east central Bucks Counties through 1115 PM EST...
At 1027 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated strong showers with embedded
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Keansburg to Kendall
Park to Stockton. These showers have a history of producing brief
wind gusts up to 45 mph. Movement was east at 55 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...
Trenton, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Old
Bridge, Howell, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North
Brunswick, Marlboro, Manalapan, Ewing, Tinton Falls, Holmdel,
Princeton, Red Bank, Keansburg and Matawan.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 8 and 9.
Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 16, and
between mile markers 24 and 34.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 59 and 76.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 98 and 125.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4017 7397 4015 7426 4017 7440 4015 7444
4014 7463 4018 7471 4014 7473 4014 7481
4027 7509 4038 7521 4049 7427 4044 7420
4046 7418 4045 7413 4041 7400 4041 7399
4048 7402 4048 7401 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 282DEG 48KT 4045 7417 4043 7458 4039 7498
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
MeolaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 8:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 45 min |
| 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, 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.