Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 17, 2001Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2001, 8:19 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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 17, 2001, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 17, 8:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EWind Gap, PA
Jul 17, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ENew Vlg, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 849 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 180020
SVRPHI

NJC041-PAC095-180100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
819 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
  SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...4 MILES EAST OF WIND GAP...MOVING 
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE 
  FROM THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELVIDERE AT 830 PM.
  OXFORD AT 840 PM.
  ALPHA AT 845 PM.
  WASHINGTON AT 850 PM.

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

$$

LAT...LON 4092 7519 4082 7539 4063 7516 4078 7494

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon66 min
Jul 17, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington39 min
Jul 17, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean82 min
Jul 17, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery56 min
Jul 17, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.