Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 2006Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 9, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2006, 10:31 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2006-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 100145
SVRPHI
NJC019-041-100245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0147.060710T0145Z-060710T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
945 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 942 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALPHA...OR ABOUT
  7 MILES SOUTH OF EASTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALPHA BY 950 PM EDT...
  HAMPTON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRASS CASTLE BY 1010 PM EDT...
  HIGH BRIDGE...GLEN GARDNER...ANNANDALE AND CLINTON BY 1015 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.

LAT...LON 4067 7518 4056 7518 4066 7480 4082 7492

$$

SZATKOWSKI
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 100231
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1030 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

NJC019-041-100240-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-060710T0245Z/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
1030 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HUNTERDON AND
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER WARREN AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES HAS 
WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. 

LAT...LON 4067 7518 4056 7518 4066 7480 4082 7492

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.