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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2004Hunterdon County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2004, 6:29 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2004, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
Jun 25, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2004-06-25Temperature 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 2004-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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.

804 
WUUS51 KPHI 252229
SVRPHI
NJC019-PAC017-252330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO
  60 MPH AND UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKTON...OR ABOUT 19
  MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLEMINGTON BY 650 PM EDT...
  LEBANON BY 705 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4056 7473 4050 7479 4046 7477 4028 7503
          4041 7519 4062 7494 4063 7480

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon85 days
Jun 25, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon67 min
Jun 25, 4:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris85 days
Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset54 min
Jun 25, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris48 min
Jun 25, 5:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren85 days
Jun 25, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks62 min
Jun 25, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware85 days

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.