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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 11, 2007Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 11, 2007, 2:22 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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
Oct 11, 2007, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2007, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 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 12:00Z on 2007-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 2007-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 111823
SVRPHI
NJC021-023-025-111900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0232.071011T1822Z-071011T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
222 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IMLAYSTOWN...OR
  ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TWIN RIVERS AND MANALAPAN BY 235 PM EDT...
  CLEARBROOK PARK AND 6 MILES WEST OF YORKETOWN BY 245 PM EDT...
  JAMESBURG BY 250 PM EDT...
  DAYTON AND SOUTH BRUNSWICK BY 255 PM EDT...
  EAST BRUNSWICK AND 6 MILES WEST OF OLD BRIDGE BY 300 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... 
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4016 7436 4017 7457 4042 7455 4043 7453
      4046 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 189DEG 19KT 4019 7448

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 3:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Oct 11, 4:15 AM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland30 min
Oct 11, 4:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Oct 11, 6:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Oct 11, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
Oct 11, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren44 min
Oct 11, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex38 min
Oct 11, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.