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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2007Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 9:03 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 3, 2007, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 9:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMount Arlington, NJLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE MOUNT ARLINGTON AREA.
Aug 3, 9:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStanhope, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN STANHOPE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2007-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 613 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 040103
SVRPHI
NJC027-040200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0173.070804T0103Z-070804T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
903 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BUDD LAKE...OR ABOUT 32 MILES WEST OF PATERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SUCCASUNNA AND 8 MILES NORTH OF CHESTER BY 915 PM EDT...
  DOVER BY 930 PM EDT...
  LAKE TELEMARK BY 935 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF MORRISTOWN BY 945 PM EDT...
  PARSIPPANY...BOONTON AND 8 MILES NORTH OF MADISON BY 950 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4091 7475 4077 7487 4073 7440 4100 7431

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren76 min
Aug 3, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris46 min
Aug 3, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren57 min
Aug 3, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset53 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic41 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.