Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 28, 2001Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2001, 4:33 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2001, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2001, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Sussex County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2001-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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 2001-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

576 
WUUS51 KPHI 282033
SVRPHI
NJC037-282115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 7 MILES NORTH OF CRANDON LAKES...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRANCHVILLE...NEWTON AT 440 PM.
  SUSSEX...FRANKLIN AT 450 PM.
  HIGHLAND LAKE...VERNON VALLEY AT 500 PM.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 4136 7473 4110 7495 4101 7461 4121 7439

AMC

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.