Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 3:39 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2000, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2000, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Levittown, PA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 161941 SVRPHL NJC019-021-PAC017-162015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 339 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. * UNTIL 415 PM EDT. * AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... OVER EWING...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STOCKTON AT 345 PM... HOPEWELL...PRINCETON AT 350 PM... LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. $$ LAT...LON 4030 7527 4013 7473 4032 7462 4055 7494
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 33 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.