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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2007Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 1:08 PM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 67 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
Jun 12, 2007, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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
Jun 12, 1:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGJamesburg, NJPOWERLINES DOWN IN JAMESBURG

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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 121708
SVRPHI
NJC021-023-025-121815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0059.070612T1708Z-070612T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
108 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 107 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
  CLEARBROOK PARK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND
  MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE BY 125 PM EDT...
  ALLENTOWN AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE HORSE BY 130 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4035 7440 4038 7451 4022 7478 4008 7456

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren64 min
Jun 12, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI41 min
Jun 12, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI46 min
Jun 12, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester25 min
Jun 12, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Jun 12, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer37 min
Jun 12, 4:33 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean7 hr
Jun 12, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset54 min
Jun 12, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon57 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.