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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2022Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2022, 2:07 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 7, 2022, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2022, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2022-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1119 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

941 
WWUS81 KPHI 071807
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
207 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022
 
NJZ010-012-071830-
Somerset NJ-Middlesex NJ-
207 PM EDT Sun Aug 7 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Somerset and north central Middlesex Counties through 230 PM EDT...

At 206 PM EDT, emergency management reported a strong thunderstorm
over Middlesex, or over Plainfield, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Emergency management.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, East Brunswick,
Middlesex, Bound Brook, Colonia, Society Hill, North Brunswick
Township, Woodbridge, South Plainfield, North Plainfield, Highland
Park, Metuchen, Dunellen, Watchung, South Bound Brook, Iselin and
Avenel.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 11.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 40 and 43.
 Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 15.
 Garden State Parkway between mile markers 131 and 134.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4060 7425 4046 7441 4057 7460 4067 7446
      4066 7445 4067 7441 4065 7440 4060 7446
      4061 7433 4059 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 215DEG 38KT 4058 7445 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

BAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI36 hr
Aug 7, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon44 min
Aug 7, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe48 min
Aug 7, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton42 min
Aug 7, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton51 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.