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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 6, 2005Bucks County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 8:00 PM EST for Bucks County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
Nov 6, 2005, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Nov 6, 8:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG4 W Washington, NJTREES DOWN.

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
Nov 6, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2005-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 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 070100
SVRPHI
NJC019-041-PAC017-095-070200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0154.051107T0100Z-051107T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
800 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* AT 756 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  QUAKERTOWN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALPHA BY 810 PM EST
  MILFORD...BLOOMSBURY AND FRENCHTOWN BY 815 PM EST
  HIGH BRIDGE...GLEN GARDNER...FLEMINGTON AND WASHINGTON BY 825 PM
  EST
  LEBANON BY 830 PM EST

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.

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 4077 7507 4068 7522 4042 7545 4039 7512
      4050 7480 4091 7490

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 070138
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
837 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

PAC095-070147-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-051107T0200Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-
837 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4077 7500 4063 7513 4040 7528 4039 7512
      4050 7480 4091 7490

$$

NJC019-041-PAC017-070200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-051107T0200Z/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-BUCKS PA-
837 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS...HUNTERDON AND CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 835 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  

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

LAT...LON 4077 7500 4063 7513 4040 7528 4039 7512
      4050 7480 4091 7490

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Montgomery67 min
Nov 6, 8:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Severe 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.