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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 8, 2022Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2022, 4:02 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2022, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2022-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 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 2022-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

854 
WWUS81 KPHI 082002
SPSPHI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
402 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022
 
NJZ012-013-015-082030-
Western Monmouth NJ-Middlesex NJ-Mercer NJ-
402 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Mercer,
central Monmouth and southern Middlesex Counties through 430 PM
EDT...

At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Plainsboro Center, or 10 miles northeast of Trenton, moving east at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size 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...
Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Manalapan, Princeton, Matawan, Jamesburg,
Hightstown, Cranbury, Allentown, Roosevelt, Princeton Meadows,
Windsor, Brownville, Dayton, Plainsboro Center, Robertsville,
Clearbrook Park, Clarksburg, Edinburg and Yorketown.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 8A and 9.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 4 and 17.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Gusty winds 
may come well ahead of any rain.

&&

LAT...LON 4017 7438 4017 7440 4014 7445 4021 7468
      4038 7468 4039 7464 4038 7462 4037 7461
      4039 7459 4041 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 270DEG 17KT 4030 7459 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth2 hr
Aug 7, 8:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton2 hr
Aug 8, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's35 min
Aug 8, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot24 min
Aug 8, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot29 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.