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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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, 8.0 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.
- 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
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
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 29 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.