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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2007Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 9:59 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 3, 2007, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
46 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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
Aug 3, 10:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.755 Ssw Succasunna-Kenvil, NJPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN CHESTER.

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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 040200
SVRPHI
NJC027-040245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0174.070804T0159Z-070804T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 955 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
  DOVER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF CLIFTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRISTOWN...PARSIPPANY AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOONTON BY 1015 PM
  EDT...
  MADISON AND EAST HANOVER BY 1025 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4096 7468 4078 7471 4070 7441 4090 7429

$$

RPW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 040237
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1034 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

NJC027-040245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-070804T0245Z/
MORRIS NJ-
1034 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY...

AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES 
WEST OF NEWARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WHILE THE INTENSITY
TREND HAS BEEN DIMINISHING, THIS STORM MAY STILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HANOVER TOWNSHIP BY 1040 PM EDT...
  MADISON...FLORHAM PARK AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST HANOVER BY
  1045 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4088 7455 4078 7471 4070 7441 4090 7429

$$

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, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris57 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.