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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2007Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Somerset County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2007, 5:50 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Somerset County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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 21, 2007, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 6:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nne Hopewell, NJTREE AND WIRES DOWN ON COUNTY ROUTE 601.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 212150
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-035-PAC017-212230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0085.070621T2150Z-070621T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
550 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILFORD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
  EAST OF BETHLEHEM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLEMINGTON AND STOCKTON BY 555 PM EDT...
  HOPEWELL BY 605 PM EDT...
  PENNINGTON BY 610 PM EDT...
  LAWRENCEVILLE BY 615 PM 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.

LAT...LON 4066 7503 4052 7517 4024 7476 4048 7459

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren64 min
Jun 21, 7:13 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementPHI3 hr
Jun 21, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe70 min
Jun 21, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon77 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.