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3/16-3/17 Stuff Falling OBS Thread (not including Elko)


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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

SPOTTER REPORTS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

453 PM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE STORM THAT

HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY

DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND SOCIAL

MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME

PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/PHI

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS

SNOWFALL OF

/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT

NEW JERSEY

...BURLINGTON COUNTY...

MOUNT HOLLY WFO 0.1 200 PM 3/16 NWS OFFICE

...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...

NATIONAL PARK T 200 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

...MERCER COUNTY...

1 ESE EWING 1.4 430 PM 3/16 COCORAHS

HOPEWELL TWP 1.0 333 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

3 ESE TRENTON 0.5 403 PM 3/16 PUBLIC

...SUSSEX COUNTY...

HARDYSTON TWP 1.2 450 PM 3/16 COCORAHS

HIGHLAND LAKES 1.2 421 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

WANTAGE 1.0 325 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

...WARREN COUNTY...

2 W LIBERTY TWP 1.5 448 PM 3/16 COCORAHS

PENNSYLVANIA

...BERKS COUNTY...

HUFFS CHURCH 1.5 222 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

...BUCKS COUNTY...

LOWER MAKEFIELD TWP 1.3 442 PM 3/16 PUBLIC

...CARBON COUNTY...

ALBRIGHTSVILLE 3.0 334 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

SUMMIT HILL 2.0 137 PM 3/16 1660 FT ELEVATION

LAKE HARMONY 1.5 151 PM 3/16 PUBLIC

...CHESTER COUNTY...

ELVERSON 0.5 1130 AM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

...LEHIGH COUNTY...

NEW TRIPOLI 1.7 330 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

SCHNECKSVILLE 1.3 345 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

S ALLENTOWN 1.3 353 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

ALLENTOWN 0.6 200 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

ALLENTOWN AIRPORT 0.6 200 PM 3/16 ASOS

...MONROE COUNTY...

3 W SAYLORSBURG 1.5 250 PM 3/16 1200 FT ELEVATION

...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

GILBERTSVILLE 1.0 1240 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

JEFFERSONVILLE 0.8 1224 PM 3/16 TRAINED SPOTTER

...PHILADELPHIA COUNTY...

PHILADELPHIA INTL AI T 200 PM 3/16 ASOS

$$

MEOLA/KRUZDLO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

418 PM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ070-071-101>106-162300-

NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-

EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-

LOWER BUCKS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FLEMINGTON...

SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...

PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...

MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...

LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...

HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...

COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...

PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN

418 PM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

...SOME ACCUMULATING SLEET AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES...

ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE ACCOMPANYING PRECIPITATION IN THE

VICINITY OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON, AND THERE

WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF THUNDER. THE PRECIPITATION MAINLY WAS

SNOW WITH SOME SLEET NORTHWEST OF THE CORRIDOR, A MIXTURE OF SNOW,

SLEET AND RAIN ALONG IT AND RAIN WITH SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF IT.

THE SLEET WAS ACCUMULATING IN A FEW LOCATIONS, AND IT WAS CAUSING

SOME DRIVING DIFFICULTIES ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATIONS WERE LESS

THAN AN INCH.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

418 PM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ070-071-101>106-162300-

NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-

EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-

LOWER BUCKS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FLEMINGTON...

SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...

PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...

MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...

LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...

HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...

COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...

PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN

418 PM EDT SAT MAR 16 2013

...SOME ACCUMULATING SLEET AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES...

ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE ACCOMPANYING PRECIPITATION IN THE

VICINITY OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON, AND THERE

WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF THUNDER. THE PRECIPITATION MAINLY WAS

SNOW WITH SOME SLEET NORTHWEST OF THE CORRIDOR, A MIXTURE OF SNOW,

SLEET AND RAIN ALONG IT AND RAIN WITH SOME SLEET SOUTHEAST OF IT.

THE SLEET WAS ACCUMULATING IN A FEW LOCATIONS, AND IT WAS CAUSING

SOME DRIVING DIFFICULTIES ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATIONS WERE LESS

THAN AN INCH.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON.

That says lightning not thunder

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Well, this turned into an interesting day. By the way, we did receive some reports of thunder in southeast PA and I saw at least one cloud to ground lightning strike on the display near Philly. At one point here at the office it was pouring sleet.

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Warrington, PA.   32.1 degrees,  winds E at 10.   50% sleet (someone tell Rob/Rib)/50% snow.   0.3" of variegated frozen material on the ground.

 

We just arrived home from Lancaster after a terrifying trip on the Turnpike from Morgantown to Valley Forge.   Cars flipped over, spun-out, a 5 car accident just east of Downingtown.    What a mess!   Salt trucks were just getting out.  Caught everyone by surprise.

 

EDIT... After Valley Forge, it was just wet. .At home we are 5 mi North of the PA turnpike (E/W, I-76).   As we worked our way north, there was very little evidence of snow right at the turnpike.  EACH MILE NORTH, there was a steady increase of frozen precip and accumulation.   Interesting to watch unfold.  Could have done without the white-knuckle turnpike drive though.

 

Interesting to know that the regular Turnpike wasn't any better.  I ended up putting my car in park for an hour and 45 minutes on I-80 waiting for crews to clear some sort of accident.

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Parents melted out their CoCoRaHS gauge and had 0.31" liquid inside!  No wonder they had so much snow, that's way more liquid than the models suggested.  Convective menace....

 

Hmm, mine had .2 on the nose melted. But they had more snow than here.

 

Hmm... well we'll see what surrounding stations come up with tomorrow morning.

 

.11 difference is well within accurate variations of the QPF distribution. They may have a good period of pingers that bumped up the QPF too.

 

The nearest CoCoRaHS station to my parents actually came in slightly wetter, 0.33" versus their 0.31".  Your idea of pingers influencing the total upward is probably correct.  Still impressive that they got so much given the EC's ~0.10" forecast.  Yeah, not a big variation in actual number... just a big percentage difference ;)

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NJ CoCoRaHS reports...

 

...ATLANTIC COUNTY...Hamilton Twp 2.1 SE         0.12            Hammonton 3.3 WSW           0.02            Linwood 0.7 SSW             0.02  0.0       Estell Manor 4.0 WNW        0.00  0.0       Estell Manor 5.2 NE         0.03            ...BERGEN COUNTY...Saddle Brook Twp 0.6 E      0.08  0.1       North Arlington 0.7 WNW     0.05            Glen Rock 0.7 SSE           0.08  0.4       Palisades Park 0.2 WNW      0.11    T       Oakland 0.9 SSE                T    T       Oakland 0.2 WNW             0.07  0.1       ...BURLINGTON COUNTY...Mount Laurel Twp 2.5 ENE    0.28  0.2       Medford Twp 2.4 SSE         0.07            Moorestown Twp 0.6 SE       0.28  0.1       Medford Lakes 0.6 W         0.11            Taber  cle Twp 2.7 NNW      0.09            Taber  cle Twp 5.0 WNW      0.07            Southampton Twp 3.2 WNW     0.29            ...CAMDEN COUNTY...Merchantville 0.5 ESE       0.18            Winslow Twp 3.5 W           0.06    T       Berlin Twp 0.6 WNW          0.08  0.0       Lindenwold 0.3 WNW          0.05            Collingswood 0.7 NE         0.15    T       ...CAPE MAY COUNTY...Woodbine 0.8 NNW            0.00  0.0       Sea Isle City 1.4 SSW       0.00  0.0       ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...Upper Deerfield Twp 1.7 SW  0.02  0.0       Vineland 2.6 WSW            0.01            Fairfield Twp 4.9 NE        0.01  0.0       ...ESSEX COUNTY...Montclair 2.2 NNE           0.12    T       Maplewood Twp 0.9 SE        0.03  0.0       Vero   Twp 0.6 WSW          0.08            ...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...Pitman 0.1 W                0.06    T       Franklin Twp 2.7 W          0.05    T       Monroe Twp 5.1 WNW          0.04            ...HUDSON COUNTY...Harrison 0.3 N              0.03    T       Kearny 1.7 NW               0.04    T       ...HUNTERDON COUNTY...Readington Twp 2.0 WSW      0.11    T       Bethlehem Twp 0.6 S         0.11  1.5       Readington Twp 1.8 ENE      0.08    T       Holland Twp 2.6 NNE         0.12  1.1       Flemington 0.3 E            0.09    T       Clinton Twp 3.9 N           0.09  0.7       Lebanon 3.2 SW              0.07            Lebanon 2.8 N               0.08  0.5       Lebanon 0.5 E               0.08            Flemington 5.2 NE           0.12            Frenchtown 0.5 N            0.16  1.1       ...MERCER COUNTY...Pennington 0.6 ENE          0.19  1.0       Princeton 2.2 SSE           0.15    T       Lawrence Twp 1.0 NNW        0.21  1.3       Lawrence Twp 1.8 SSW        0.26  1.0       Ewing Twp 1.6 SE            0.33            Robbinsville Twp 1.7 WSW    0.36  1.3       Ewing Twp 0.8 ESE           0.31  1.4       Hopewell Twp 2.4 NW         0.18  1.0       Lawrence Twp 2.1 WNW        0.25            ...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...Cranbury Twp 1.4 SW         0.16    T       South Brunswick Twp 3.1 NW  0.14  1.0       Edison Twp 1.9 N            0.08            Woodbridge Twp 1.1 ESE      0.06    T       Woodbridge Twp 1.1 NNE      0.06    T       ...MONMOUTH COUNTY...Red Bank 1.3 NW             0.08  0.8       Holmdel Twp 0.7 E           0.09            Howell Twp 2.5 W            0.30  1.7       Wall Twp 1.7 ENE            0.68  1.2       Belmar 1.5 W                0.05  1.0       Fair Haven 0.4 E            0.13  0.5       Howell Twp 2.0 S            0.40  0.0       Rumson 0.7 NNE              0.08  0.0       Long Branch 0.5 W           0.09  0.6       Rumson 0.5 NE               0.10    T       Millstone Twp 2.9 WNW       0.31  2.0       ...MORRIS COUNTY...Long Hill Twp 1.2 SSE       0.10    T       Morris Twp 0.8 NW           0.09            Rockaway 0.4 NNW            0.08  1.0       Boonton 0.6 NW              0.09  0.1       Long Hill Twp 1.8 WSW       0.08    T       Randolph Twp 0.8 W          0.13  1.5       Mine Hill Twp 0.4 NE        0.15  1.5       Parsippany Twp 2.1 E        0.08    T       Chatham 0.6 NW              0.06            Randolph Twp 2.0 E          0.11  1.1       Florham Park 0.2 WNW        0.05            Mendham Twp 0.5 ESE         0.08  0.1       Roxbury Twp 1.2 ESE         0.18  0.5       Chester Twp 0.6 ENE         0.09            Washington Twp 3.6 W        0.07  0.6       ...OCEAN COUNTY...Brick Twp 2.4 N             0.19  0.3       Brick Twp 1.5 NNE           0.15  0.5       Lacey Twp 6.3 E             0.30  0.2       Little Egg Harbor Twp 5.4 N 0.10    T       Berkeley Twp 1.3 SSW        0.19            ...PASSAIC COUNTY...Little Falls Twp 0.5 WNW    0.10  0.2       Hawthorne 1.0 SSE           0.06  0.1       West Milford Twp 3.2 NE     0.08  1.0       West Milford Twp 2.5 SSE    0.14            ...SALEM COUNTY...Woodstown 0.6 NW            0.07            Pittsgrove Twp 1.9 S        0.11            Pennsville Twp 2.0 NNW      0.07            ...SOMERSET COUNTY...Hillsborough Twp 4.7 ESE    0.07  0.2       Ber  rds Twp 0.9 ENE        0.07    T       Ber  rds Twp 0.6 NNW        0.07  0.5       Bridgewater Twp 3.3 NW      0.05    T       Bedminster Twp 2.9 ESE      0.07    T       Franklin Twp 3.8 ENE        0.09  0.3       Montgomery Twp 3.0 NE       0.13    T       Montgomery Twp 1.8 NNE      0.12    T       Hillsborough Twp 1.0 N      0.11            Hillsborough Twp 2.4 NW     0.11            Franklin Twp 4.6 NNW        0.09  0.2       Bridgewater Twp 3.8 SW      0.09            Bridgewater Twp 1.6 NNW     0.07            Bridgewater Twp 3.2 WSW     0.10            ...SUSSEX COUNTY...Andover Twp 1.7 W           0.12            Vernon Twp 1.7 N            0.08  0.3       Hardyston Twp 3.2 SE        0.15  2.1       Wantage Twp 2.4 SW          0.07  0.6       Wantage Twp 1.5 SE          0.04  0.3       Montague Twp 2.7 WNW        0.11  1.3       ...UNION COUNTY...New Providence 0.8 ESE      0.10    T       Cranford Twp 1.1 NNW        0.07  0.0       Union Twp 1.1 NW            0.04            ...WARREN COUNTY...Greenwich Twp 1.6 S         0.08  0.6       Blairstown Twp 2.0 SE       0.14  2.2       Hackettstown 0.8 W          0.12  1.0       Mansfield Twp 2.6 WNW       0.08            Washington 0.6 ENE          0.09  0.0       Blairstown Twp 1.8 W        0.15  1.5       Liberty Twp 1.6 W           0.11  1.5       Blairstown Twp 2.6 N        0.12            
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The nearest CoCoRaHS station to my parents actually came in slightly wetter, 0.33" versus their 0.31".  Your idea of pingers influencing the total upward is probably correct.  Still impressive that they got so much given the EC's ~0.10" forecast.  Yeah, not a big variation in actual number... just a big percentage difference ;)

Yeah, I noticed one in southern Monmouth with .40. Here, there was a mix with pingers as the heavier snow bands moved in and cooled the column. I drove down near KDIX where my mom lives and noticed a substantial increase in snow coverage around 3 pm today along 537 just east of Great Adventure. Too bad no one reported from northern Jackson area. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some 2 - 3" amounts there.

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I know I am late to the party but I can confirm the thunder snow pellets on Saturday PM. There was a definitely a flash of lightning with rumbling thunder during a particularly heavy bout of snow pellets. This was in the Hamilton, NJ area (I wasn't in Mount Laurel during any of the afternoon stuff). It was snow earlier in the day then went to rain/sleet/snow pellets during lighter bands. But it was all SNPL during the heavier rates in southern Mercer. Pretty cool gradient between Ray's Parent's house and Hamilton.

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