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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2007Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2007, 11:07 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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, 11:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ssw White House Stati, NJNUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN READINGTON TOWNSHIP WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.
Aug 3, 11:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nw Flagtown, NJA COUPLE OF TREES DOWN IN BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIP. POWER OUTAGES WERE ALSO REPORTED.

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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 040307
SVRPHI
NJC019-035-040400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0176.070804T0307Z-070804T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1107 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1102 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...OR
  ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE HOUSE STATION BY 1115 PM EDT...
  BRIDGEWATER BY 1130 PM EDT...
  FLAGTOWN AND SOMERVILLE BY 1135 PM EDT...
  BELLE MEAD AND MANVILLE BY 1145 PM EDT...
  MILLSTONE BY 1150 PM EDT...
  ROCKY HILL BY 1155 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4072 7479 4059 7493 4037 7463 4058 7449

$$

RPW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 040343
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1142 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

NJC019-040352-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-070804T0400Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-
1142 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

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

LAT...LON 4067 7472 4048 7478 4037 7463 4058 7449

$$

NJC035-040400-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-070804T0400Z/
SOMERSET NJ-
1142 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR SOMERSET COUNTY...

AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR FLAGTOWN...OR ABOUT 12 
MILES WEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WHILE THE 
INTENSITY TREND HAS BEEN DIMINISHING, THIS STORM MAY STILL PRODUCE 
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.


THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANVILLE AND BELLE MEAD BY 1150 PM EDT...
  MILLSTONE AND BOUND BROOK BY 1155 PM EDT...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKY HILL BY MIDNIGHT EDT...

LAT...LON 4067 7472 4048 7478 4037 7463 4058 7449

$$

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, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren57 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.