Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2003Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2003, 3:08 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 22 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 22, 2003, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 22, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2003-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 728 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 2003-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 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 221908
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-221930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
307 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  EXTREME SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.

* AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUDD LAKE...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STANHOPE AT 315 PM.
  SUCCASUNNA AT 325 PM.

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 800 PM FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
$$

LAT...LON 4095 7477 4085 7479 4082 7457 4095 7457

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.