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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 6, 2005Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 2:55 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 6, 2005, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
Jun 6, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 061855
SVRPHI
NJC037-062000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0032.050606T1855Z-050606T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
255 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CRANDON LAKES...OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF SCRANTON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRANDON LAKES BY 305 PM EDT
  BRANCHVILLE BY 310 PM EDT
  NEWTON BY 315 PM EDT
  SUSSEX AND ANDOVER BY 320 PM EDT
  FRANKLIN AND LAKE MOHAWK BY 325 PM EDT
  HIGHLAND LAKE BY 335 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4136 7474 4110 7498 4092 7473 4119 7440

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren53 min
Jun 6, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren57 min
Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren3 hr
Jun 6, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean67 min
Jun 6, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem48 min
Jun 6, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 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.