Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2007Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 10:03 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2007, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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, 10:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wsw Beattyestown, NJTREES KNOCKED DOWN IN MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP.

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 040204
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC095-040300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0175.070804T0203Z-070804T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1003 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1000 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
  WIND GAP...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST BANGOR BY 1010 PM EDT...
  HARMONY BY 1025 PM EDT...
  ROXBURG AND BELVIDERE BY 1030 PM EDT...
  BRASS CASTLE AND OXFORD BY 1040 PM EDT...
  PLEASANT VALLEY AND WASHINGTON BY 1045 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 4091 7525 4078 7543 4062 7515 4081 7486

$$

RPW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 040244
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1040 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

PAC095-040250-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-070804T0300Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-
1040 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4085 7506 4065 7520 4062 7515 4081 7486

$$

NJC041-040300-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-070804T0300Z/
WARREN NJ-
1040 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY...

AT 1037 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALPHA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST 
OF BETHLEHEM...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 OVER...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN RURAL WARREN COUNTY AT 1100 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4085 7506 4065 7520 4062 7515 4081 7486

$$

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, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris46 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.