Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2000, 6:25 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2000, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2000, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Moorestown, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 022226 SVRPHL NJC041-PAC095-022315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 625 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * UNTIL 715 PM EDT. * AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIND GAP...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF BETHLEHEM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WIND GAP AT 630 PM EDT... BELFAST...EAST BANGOR AT 635 PM EDT... BELVIDERE AT 645 PM EDT... OXFORD AT 650 PM EDT... WASHINGTON AT 655 PM EDT... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. NNNN LAT...LON 4093 7518 4080 7550 4070 7505 4085 7485
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 34 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.