Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2006, 4:47 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 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 22, 2006, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 222047 SVRPHI NJC021-023-222145- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0196.060722T2047Z-060722T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 447 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 442 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 MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DAYTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENDALL PARK BY 500 PM EDT... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH BRUNSWICK BY 510 PM EDT... EAST BRUNSWICK BY 515 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 4032 7477 4022 7468 4040 7438 4047 7446 $$ STAUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 76 min |
| Jul 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 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.