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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 19, 2022Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2022, 8:21 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 19, 2022, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2022, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

379 
WWUS81 KPHI 200021
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
821 PM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022
 
NJZ009-010-200045-
Hunterdon NJ-Somerset NJ-
821 PM EDT Sat Mar 19 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Hunterdon and central Somerset Counties through 845 PM EDT...

At 821 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Clinton, or 15 miles southeast of Easton, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
Somerville, Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Manville, Flemington, High
Bridge, Clinton, Peapack And Gladstone, Lebanon, Far Hills,
Millstone, Flagtown, Annandale, Martinsville, White House Station,
Bernardsville and Raritan.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 12 and 35.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 13 and 27.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4050 7504 4064 7505 4074 7457 4048 7454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 265DEG 34KT 4058 7495 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	37 min
Mar 19, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Somerset	44 min
Mar 19, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	28 min
Mar 19, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer	24 min
Mar 19, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Middlesex	30 min
Mar 19, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	36 min
Mar 19, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		91 min
Mar 19, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	25 min
Mar 20, 5:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		26 hr
Mar 19, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	New Castle	27 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.