Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2007, 4:29 AM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 8, 2007, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2007, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 4:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Flagtown, NJ | BRANCHBURG TWP. NUMEROUS TREES AND POLES DOWN, TREE TOPS SHEARED OFF. |
| Aug 8, 4:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Fleetwood, NJ | BRANCHBURG TWP. NUMEROUS TREES AND POLES DOWN, TREE TOPS SHEARED OFF. NWS FIELD SURVEY INDICATED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KPHI 080829 TORPHI NJC035-080900- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0002.070808T0829Z-070808T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 429 AM EDT WED AUG 8 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 500 AM EDT * AT 425 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLAGTOWN... OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FLAGTOWN BY 440 AM EDT... BELLE MEAD BY 445 AM EDT... MILLSTONE BY 455 AM EDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4057 7471 4051 7477 4042 7458 4051 7449 $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 3:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 62 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 4:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 4:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 37 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.