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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2005Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2005, 3:24 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2005, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 14, 3:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Wsw Newton, NJNUMEROUS TREES AND POLES DOWN IN STILLWATER TOWNSHIP. SOME POLES WERE REPORTED TO BE ON FIRE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 14, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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 2005-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1871 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 2005-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 141926
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-142015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0123.050814T1924Z-050814T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY        
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BLAIRSTOWN...OR ABOUT 34 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLAIRSTOWN BY 330 PM EDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT. 

LAT...LON 4112 7493 4096 7511 4099 7476 4114 7487

$$

EBERWINE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 142001
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
359 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

NJC037-041-142015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0123.000000T0000Z-050814T2015Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
359 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WARREN AND WEST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BLAIRSTOWN...OR ABOUT 39 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

RADAR WAS INDICATING LARGE HAIL WITH THIS STORM, AND TORRENTIAL 
DOWNPOURS. THE STORM WAS INDICATING SOME ROTATION AND STORMS OF THIS 
NATURE CAN ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY AT 410 PM EDT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4112 7493 4096 7511 4099 7476 4114 7487

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex35 min
Aug 14, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex28 min
Aug 14, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren21 min
Aug 14, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex39 min
Aug 14, 5:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.