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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 19, 2022Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 19, 2022, 3:38 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2022, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2022, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2022-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 19, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 3:26 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
326 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-070-071-101>106-201930-
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-
Talbot-Caroline-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex-
Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-
Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-
Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
326 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, northern
Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, central New
Jersey, northern New Jersey, northwest New Jersey, southern New
Jersey, east central Pennsylvania, northeast Pennsylvania and
southeast Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ430-431-450>455-201930-
Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE-
Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm-
326 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and
Delaware Bay Waters.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:22 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
322 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

NJZ007-009-PAZ055-061-062-105-191945-
Hunterdon NJ-Warren NJ-Upper Bucks PA-Lehigh PA-Monroe PA-
Northampton PA-
322 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern
Hunterdon, Warren, southeastern Lehigh, northwestern Bucks,
southeastern Monroe and Northampton Counties through 345 PM EDT...

At 322 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported strong thunderstorms
along a line extending from near Nazareth to Lehigh University to
Zionsville. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus, Northampton, East
Stroudsburg, Wilson, Washington, Blairstown, Hellertown, Nazareth,
Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Bath, Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford and
Alpha.

This includes the following highways...
 Northeast Extension between mile markers 44 and 52.
 Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 59 and 76.
 Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 14.
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 311 and 314.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 13.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4097 7494 4086 7490 4071 7490 4058 7499
      4042 7547 4047 7556 4060 7547 4081 7550
      4104 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 240DEG 34KT 4079 7535 4061 7536 4046 7551

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

Staarmann
Local storm report, Sep 19, 3:24 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT MON SEP 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0306 PM     TSTM WND GST     WHITEHALL TWP           40.63N 75.47W
09/19/2022  M46 MPH          LEHIGH             PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

STAARMANN
Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
338 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

NJZ001-192015-
Sussex NJ-
338 PM EDT Mon Sep 19 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Sussex
County through 415 PM EDT...

At 335 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Pecks Pond to near Bushkill. Movement was
east at 30 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...
Montague, Sussex, Branchville, Flatbrookville, High Point,
Pellettown, Crandon Lakes, Vernon Valley and Hainesville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7443 4123 7442 4108 7496 4110 7497
      4109 7499 4116 7490 4121 7486 4123 7487
      4127 7484 4135 7475 4136 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 251DEG 26KT 4134 7503 4113 7500

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

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 2:16 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI7 hr
Sep 19, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren23 min
Sep 19, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren31 min
Sep 19, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex50 min
Sep 19, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI33 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.