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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 1, 2006Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2006, 7:22 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
Jun 1, 2006, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 1, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMillstone, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN AREA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 012324
SVRPHI
NJC019-035-020000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0054.060601T2322Z-060602T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 721 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLEMINGTON...    
  OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.    
  TREES AND WIRES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN FROM THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLSTONE...MANVILLE AND SOMERVILLE BY 750 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 4056 7498 4038 7496 4040 7459 4063 7455

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex43 min
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, 7:29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.