Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 2006Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2006, 8:36 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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
May 30, 2006, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2006, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2006-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 310037
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-PAC089-310130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0044.060531T0036Z-060531T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
836 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CRANDON LAKES...OR ABOUT 32 MILES EAST OF
  SCRANTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLAIRSTOWN BY 910 PM EDT...
  7 MILES WEST OF ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY BY 920 PM EDT...
  OXFORD...GREAT MEADOWS...GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA AND HACKETTSTOWN BY
  925 PM EDT...
  WASHINGTON AND BRASS CASTLE BY 930 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4131 7478 4126 7531 4072 7500 4095 7465

$$

OHARA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 310104
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
903 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

NJC037-041-PAC089-310130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-060531T0130Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MONROE PA-
903 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MONROE...WARREN AND WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 858 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DELAWARE WATER GAP...OR ABOUT 34 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLAIRSTOWN BY 910 PM EDT...
  PORTLAND BY 915 PM EDT...
  GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA BY 925 PM EDT...
  OXFORD...WASHINGTON...BEATTYESTOWN AND BRASS CASTLE BY 930 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 4131 7478 4126 7531 4072 7500 4095 7465

$$

OHARA
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 310118
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
915 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

NJC037-041-PAC089-310130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-060531T0130Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MONROE PA-
915 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ALL
OF MONROE COUNTY AND REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WARREN AND SUSSEX AND 
MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM...

AT 910 PM EDT...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS
LOCATED NEAR POCONO PINES AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS NEW SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POCONO PINES AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT POCONO BY 930 PM EDT

THE SECOND SEVERE STORM WAS AROUND BLAIRSTOWN AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA BY 925 PM EDT...
  OXFORD...WASHINGTON...BEATTYESTOWN AND BRASS CASTLE BY 930 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 4120 7438 4091 7466 4091 7477 4080 7485
      4060 7518 4074 7519 4080 7509 4087 7505
      4097 7513 4096 7519 4114 7559 4115 7559
      4124 7537 4125 7514 4116 7517 4108 7502
      4112 7493 4128 7483 4135 7471

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 2:48 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementPHI19 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.