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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 12, 2006Hunterdon County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 45 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 12, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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
Jul 12, 10:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBernardsville, NJTREES DOWN

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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2006-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2006-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 130200
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-035-130245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0162.060713T0200Z-060713T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1000 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 957 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE HOUSE STATION...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAR HILLS...PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE...SOMERVILLE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF
  MANVILLE BY 1005 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF BOUND BROOK BY 1010 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF MIDDLESEX BY 1015 PM EDT...
  MADISON AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF MORRISTOWN BY 1025 PM EDT...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF EAST HANOVER BY 1030 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4070 7486 4042 7508 4038 7460 4065 7444
      4096 7430 4104 7456

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean39 min
Jul 12, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.