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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 8, 2007Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2007, 4:51 AM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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
Aug 8, 2007, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2007, 5:28 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2007-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 2007-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 080851
SVRPHI
NJC023-080945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0186.070808T0851Z-070808T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
451 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK...

* UNTIL 545 AM EDT

* AT 447 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SOCIETY HILL...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH BRUNSWICK BY 500 AM EDT...
  SOCIETY HILL AND NORTH BRUNSWICK BY 505 AM EDT...
  NEW BRUNSWICK BY 510 AM EDT...
  EDISON AND EAST BRUNSWICK BY 515 AM EDT...
  SAYREVILLE BY 525 AM EDT...
  PERTH AMBOY AND OLD BRIDGE BY 530 AM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 4054 7425 4049 7426 4051 7431 4048 7434
      4047 7432 4050 7430 4046 7424 4030 7439
      4041 7456 4049 7446 4050 7446 4053 7450
      4058 7448 4059 7432 4056 7422

$$

RNS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 080928
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
529 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007

NJC023-080939-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-070808T0945Z/
MIDDLESEX NJ-
529 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007

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

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED AWAY.

LAT...LON 4054 7425 4049 7426 4051 7431 4048 7434
      4047 7432 4050 7430 4046 7424 4030 7439
      4041 7456 4049 7446 4050 7446 4053 7450
      4058 7448 4059 7432 4056 7422

$$

RNS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren44 min
Aug 8, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren62 min
Aug 8, 4:00 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon30 min
Aug 8, 4:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset51 min
Aug 8, 4:29 AM EDTTornado WarningPHISomerset31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.