Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2005Hunterdon County, Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2005, 9:05 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 40 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, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2005, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 14, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 150105
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-150145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0137.050815T0105Z-050815T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF GLEN
  GARDNER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLEN GARDNER BY 925 PM EDT
  HIGH BRIDGE BY 930 PM EDT
  CALIFON BY 940 PM EDT
  LONG VALLEY...CHESTER AND BUDD LAKE BY 945 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4083 7481 4061 7513 4060 7491 4079 7456
      4093 7439 4099 7452 4086 7481

$$
EBERWINIE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	44 min
Aug 14, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	51 min
Aug 14, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	36 min
Aug 14, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer	42 min
Aug 15, 12:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	43 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.