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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 1, 2006Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 2:02 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 1, 2006, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
43 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), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 12:00Z, 6.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 2006-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 011802
SVRPHI
NJC037-011845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0045.060601T1802Z-060601T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
202 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRANCHVILLE...OR
  ABOUT 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF PATERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SUSSEX BY 210 PM EDT...
  VERNON VALLEY AND HIGHLAND LAKE BY 220 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 4132 7478 4108 7498 4102 7458 4119 7437
      4134 7467

$$

OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 011826
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
225 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

NJC037-011845-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-060601T1845Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
225 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SUSSEX...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF PATERSON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNON VALLEY AND HIGHLAND LAKE BY 235 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.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY 
MAY MOVE ACROSS SUSSEX COUNTY AFTER 245 PM. 

LAT...LON 4132 7478 4108 7498 4102 7458 4119 7437
      4134 7467

$$

OHARA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 1, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI37 min
Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex55 min
Jun 1, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon42 min
Jun 1, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset38 min
Jun 1, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer61 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.