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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 2004Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Somerset County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 6:27 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Somerset County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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
May 24, 2004, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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
May 24, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 242227
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-035-PAC017-242330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
625 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKTON...OR
  ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON BY 635 PM EDT
  NEW HOPE BY 640 PM EDT
  8 MILES SOUTH OF FLEMINGTON BY 655 PM EDT
  HOPEWELL AND PENNINGTON BY 715 PM EDT
  LAWRENCEVILLE BY 725 PM EDT
  PRINCETON AND ROCKY HILL BY 730 PM EDT

  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK NORTH TO THE PATHCAST LOCATIONS.

LAT...LON 4049 7508 4029 7507 4026 7469 4066 7454

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon52 min
May 24, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex59 min
May 24, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset35 min
May 24, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth43 min
May 24, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex61 min
May 24, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh47 min
May 24, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton44 min
May 24, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery53 min
May 24, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks26 min
May 24, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min

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.