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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2004Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2004, 1:00 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 11, 2004, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2004, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
60 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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 11, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 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 2004-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1077 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
1077 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 111700
SVRPHI
NJC019-035-111800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1259 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LEBANON AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEBANON AND WHITE HOUSE STATION BY 105 PM EDT...
  CALIFON BY 110 PM EDT...
  FAR HILLS BY 130 PM EDT...

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR 
WITH THIS STORM.

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 4065 7452 4049 7488
      4063 7501 4074 7484 4073 7482 4073 7476
      4071 7473 4074 7456

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris59 min
Aug 11, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris46 min
Aug 11, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset28 min
Aug 11, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset78 min
Aug 11, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth23 min
Aug 11, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington53 min
Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex67 min
Aug 11, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer41 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset73 min
Aug 11, 6:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex118 min
Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer32 min
Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth2 hr
Aug 11, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer2 hr

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.