Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 10, 2001Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 7:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ERaritan, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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 2001-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2001-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 102316
SVRPHI

NJC019-035-110000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 713 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON...MOVING 
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEBANON...FLEMINGTON AT 720 PM.
  WHITE HOUSE STATION AT 725 PM.
  FAR HILLS AT 735 PM.
  SOMERVILLE AT 740 PM.
  MILLSTONE...MANVILLE AT 745 PM.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN
HOUR 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TUESDAY
EVENING.

$$

LAT...LON 4073 7459 4059 7512 4038 7492 4B047 7452

GSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem42 min
Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren45 min
Jul 10, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon24 min
Jul 10, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.