Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2005Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2005, 8:39 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 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 14, 2005, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 14, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1061 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 150040
SVRPHI
NJC041-150130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0135.050815T0039Z-050815T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BLAIRSTOWN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE WINDS OF 60 MPH, HAIL AND
  TORRENTIAL RAINS. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OXFORD BY 855 PM EDT
  BLAIRSTOWN BY 900 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4098 7512 4083 7504 4076 7507 4090 7480
      4104 7492

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex44 min
Aug 14, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren36 min
Aug 14, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris40 min
Aug 14, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer42 min
Aug 15, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester43 min

Nearby

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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.