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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 21, 2006Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was in force for 29 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 21, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2006, 7:36 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 21, 7:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStockton, NJTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN DELAWARE 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2006-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 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 2006-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 212307
SVRPHI
NJC019-PAC017-212345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0192.060721T2307Z-060721T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
707 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 705 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 6 MILES
  WEST OF STOCKTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON BY 715 PM EDT...
  NEW HOPE BY 720 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF FLEMINGTON BY 730 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4048 7518 4038 7516 4035 7488 4052 7481

$$

GORSE/AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 212336
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

NJC019-PAC017-212345-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-060721T2345Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-BUCKS PA-
735 PM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BUCKS AND SOUTHERN
HUNTERDON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM FOR 
SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4048 7518 4038 7516 4035 7488 4052 7481

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 2:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBerks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more37 hr
Jul 21, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington36 min
Jul 21, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean26 min
Jul 21, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex33 min
Jul 21, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI52 min
Jul 21, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland33 min
Jul 21, 5:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISomerset3 hr
Jul 21, 6:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Jul 21, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006Severe 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.