Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 2004Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2004, 3:20 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 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
Jul 14, 2004, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 141920
SVRPHI
NJC019-035-142015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
320 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  EAST CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
  WHITE HOUSE STATION...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOMERVILLE BY 335 PM EDT...
  FAR HILLS AND MANVILLE BY 340 PM EDT...
  BOUND BROOK BY 345 PM EDT...
  MIDDLESEX BY 350 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4070 7451 4068 7454 4064 7451 4065 7441
      4063 7441 4057 7452 4054 7454 4048 7480
      4048 7483 4062 7491 4063 7491 4074 7459
      4074 7456

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon53 min
Jul 14, 3:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Monmouth77 days
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem60 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset56 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem56 min
Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland, Salem35 min
Jul 14, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem3 hr
Jul 14, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington64 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer52 min
Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland65 min
Jul 14, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 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.