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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 6, 2007Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2007, 5:27 PM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 6, 2007, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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, 9.5 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 2007-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2007-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 062128
SVRPHI
NJC035-062215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0124.070706T2127Z-070706T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
527 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 520 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 10
  MILES WEST OF MILLSTONE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF NEW
  BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKY HILL AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET BY 535 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4043 7453 4041 7459 4037 7462 4039 7464
      4038 7469 4040 7473 4049 7479 4050 7479
      4050 7476 4055 7474 4057 7471 4058 7472
      4050 7447

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 062209
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
609 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007

NJC035-062218-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-070706T2215Z/
SOMERSET NJ-
609 PM EDT FRI JUL 6 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 615 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO EXIT SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY, 
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM.

LAT...LON 4043 7453 4041 7459 4037 7462 4039 7464
      4038 7469 4040 7473 4049 7479 4050 7479
      4050 7476 4055 7474 4057 7471 4058 7472
      4050 7447

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth56 min
Jul 6, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jul 6, 2:10 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer48 hr
Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren21 min
Jul 6, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon52 min
Jul 6, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.