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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 19, 20224 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Feb 19, 2022, 3:04 PM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 56 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
Feb 19, 2022, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2022, 4:00 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2022-02-19Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2022-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WWUS81 KPHI 192004
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
304 PM EST Sat Feb 19 2022

NJZ009-010-012>015-019-020-026-PAZ106-192100-
Hunterdon-Northwestern Burlington-Eastern Monmouth-Coastal
Ocean-Ocean-Western Monmouth-Somerset-Middlesex-Mercer-Lower Bucks-
304 PM EST Sat Feb 19 2022

...A HEAVY SNOW SHOWER WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN 
HUNTERDON...MERCER...NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON...SOMERSET... 
MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 301 PM EST, heavy snow showers were located along a line 
extending from Bound Brook to Bordentown. Movement was east at 50 
mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this squall.

Locations impacted include...
Toms River, Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Long Branch, Asbury
Park, Somerville, Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Lakewood, Middletown,
Old Bridge, Jackson, Howell, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South
Brunswick, Sayreville and North Brunswick.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 7 and 13.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 347 and 359.
 Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 40.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 25 and 41.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 34.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 54 and 76.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 22.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 89 and 134.

Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4002 7397 4013 7501 4016 7505 4067 7476
      4065 7441 4063 7442 4060 7446 4060 7421
      4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7428 4047 7427
      4044 7420 4046 7418 4045 7413 4041 7398
      4048 7402 4048 7401 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 271DEG 44KT 4057 7453 4014 7473 

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 12:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Feb 19, 1:36 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren54 min
Feb 19, 2:20 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Warren40 min
Feb 19, 2:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester61 min
Feb 19, 2:32 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren28 min
Feb 19, 12:53 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton52 min
Feb 19, 1:19 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton56 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.