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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 23, 2003Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2003, 7:54 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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
Sep 23, 2003, 7:54 AM EDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2003, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 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 00:00Z on 2003-09-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2003-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 231154
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-035-231230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
750 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
  SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT.

* AT 747 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...OVER FLEMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE HOUSE STATION AND LEBANON AROUND 800 AM.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO 
PRODUCE TORNADOES.

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

$$

LAT...LON 4057 7506 4036 7491 4040 7464 4069 7477

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 7:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Sep 23, 8:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer44 min
Sep 23, 8:14 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer31 min
Sep 23, 8:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris39 min
Sep 23, 8:26 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth49 min
Sep 23, 8:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset27 min
Sep 23, 8:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Sep 23, 8:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Sep 23, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean70 min
Sep 23, 9:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI72 min
Sep 23, 9:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI72 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.