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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 21, 2007Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2007, 6:56 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 64 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, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 7:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHackettstown, NJGUST FRONT DOWNED WIRES IN HACKETTSTOWN

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 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2007-06-21Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 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 212257
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-220000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0087.070621T2256Z-070622T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CRANDON LAKES...OR ABOUT 32 MILES EAST OF SCRANTON...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRANDON LAKES BY 720 PM EDT...
  BRANCHVILLE BY 725 PM EDT...
  NEWTON BY 735 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER...LAKE MOHAWK AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OGDENSBURG BY 740 PM
  EDT...
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY BY 745 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 4127 7481 4103 7503 4084 7482 4107 7453

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset40 min
Jun 21, 7:13 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementPHI3 hr
Jun 21, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 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.