Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 11:24 AM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
- May 26, 2006, 11:24 AM EDT (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2006, 11:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morris County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:25 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kinnelon, NJ | |
| May 26, 11:30 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Butler, NJ | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BUTLER BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| May 26, 11:30 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Butler, NJ |
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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 261524 SVRPHI NJC027-261600- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0038.060526T1524Z-060526T1600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1124 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP * UNTIL NOON EDT * AT 1123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINNELON...OR ABOUT NEAR PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BUTLER BY 1130 AM EDT... PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP BY 1135 AM EDT... LAT...LON 4097 7451 4090 7443 4096 7425 4106 7439 $$ GSS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 261550 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1146 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 NJC027-261556- /O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-060526T1600Z/ MORRIS NJ- 1146 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRIS COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT THE STORM PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR KINNELON. LAT...LON 4097 7451 4090 7443 4096 7425 4106 7439 $$ SZATKOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 39 min |
| May 26, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 26 min |
| May 26, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 35 min |
| May 26, 1:46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.