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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 14, 2006Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 2006, 6:18 AM EST for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 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
Jan 14, 2006, 6:18 AM EST (11:18 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2006, 7:00 AM EST
In force
42 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), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 14, 2:46 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2006-01-14Temperature 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 2006-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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 141119
SVRPHI
NJC037-141200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0006.060114T1118Z-060114T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
618 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* AT 617 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...OR
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND
  DAMAGE IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND IN BLAIRSTOWN.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWTON AND CRANDON LAKES BY 625 AM EST
  BRANCHVILLE BY 630 AM EST
  SUSSEX AND FRANKLIN BY 635 AM EST
  VERNON VALLEY AND HIGHLAND LAKE BY 645 AM EST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4127 7452 4120 7438 4114 7444 4103 7466
      4095 7478 4095 7481 4108 7495 4130 7461

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 4:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more37 hr
Jan 14, 4:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Jan 14, 5:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May41 min
Jan 14, 5:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren52 min
Jan 14, 5:59 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jan 14, 3:35 PM ESTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more18 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.