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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2000Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2000, 5:26 PM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 7, 2000, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Somerset County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 5:32 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 57 ESkillman, NJ

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2000-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 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 2000-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 072126
SVRPHL
NJC035-072200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
526 PM EDT MON AUG 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLSTONE...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
  IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex26 min
Aug 7, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.