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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
FitzsimmonsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 12:18 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:36 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 54 min |
| Feb 19, 2:20 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Warren | 40 min |
| Feb 19, 2:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 61 min |
| Feb 19, 2:32 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 28 min |
| Feb 19, 12:53 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 52 min |
| Feb 19, 1:19 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 56 min |
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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.