Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2006, 7:29 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 5, 2006, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2006, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hunterdon County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Annandale, NJ | TREES DOWN IN PATTENBURG. LIGHTNING ALSO CAUSED POWER OUTAGES EASTWARD TO TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 051130 SVRPHI NJC019-051215- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0139.060705T1129Z-060705T1215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 729 AM EDT WED JUL 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 815 AM EDT * AT 724 AM 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 WEST OF CLINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON...ANNANDALE AND HIGH BRIDGE BY 740 AM EDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF FLEMINGTON BY 745 AM EDT... LEBANON BY 750 AM 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 TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM AND CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. LAT...LON 4064 7505 4056 7504 4047 7480 4071 7477 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 051146 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 745 AM EDT WED JUL 5 2006 NJC019-051215- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-060705T1215Z/ HUNTERDON NJ- 745 AM EDT WED JUL 5 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY... AT 744 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ANNANDALE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLINTON AND ANNANDALE BY 800 AM EDT... LEBANON BY 815 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM OVER CLINTON TOWNSHIP. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4066 7492 4056 7504 4049 7480 4071 7477 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 11:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| Jul 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 25 min | |
| Jul 5, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.