Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 10, 2006Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2006, 3:52 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 10, 2006, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2006, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 50Sussex, NJA 50 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE SUSSEX AIRPORT.
Aug 10, 4:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSussex, NJNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE SUSSEX, FRANKLIN AND WANTAGE AREAS.

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, 7.9 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 12:00Z on 2006-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2006-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 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 101952
SVRPHI
NJC037-102030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0236.060810T1952Z-060810T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUSSEX...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PATERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMBURG...6 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN AND 9 MILES NORTH OF OGDENSBURG
  BY 400 PM EDT...
  VERNON VALLEY BY 410 PM EDT...
  HIGHLAND LAKE BY 415 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4130 7475 4112 7474 4104 7457 4120 7438
      4131 7457

$$

EBERWINE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 102012
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
411 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

NJC037-102030-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0236.000000T0000Z-060810T2030Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
411 PM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMBURG...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
PATERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHLAND LAKE BY 415 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL, HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM. AT 408 PM, THE CORE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR 
HAMBURG.

LAT...LON 4125 7472 4112 7474 4104 7457 4120 7438
      4125 7456

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon38 min
Aug 10, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris44 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.