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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2007Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 7:06 PM EDT for Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 12, 2007, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 7:10 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Morristown, NJ
Jun 12, 7:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Bernardsville, NJ

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 122305
SVRPHI
NJC027-035-130000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0073.070612T2306Z-070613T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 700 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
  MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAR HILLS AND PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE BY 730 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4080 7436 4091 7452 4070 7472 4046 7475

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 122337
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
737 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

NJC027-122347-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-070613T0000Z/
MORRIS NJ-
737 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

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

LAT...LON 4046 7475 4069 7452 4074 7456 4070 7472

$$

NJC035-130000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-070613T0000Z/
SOMERSET NJ-
737 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY...

AT 729 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FAR HILLS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW
BRUNSWICK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RARITAN BY 755 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4046 7475 4069 7452 4074 7456 4070 7472

$$

MPD

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, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth67 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, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.