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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 17, 2007Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2007, 3:17 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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 17, 2007, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 17, 3:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Washington, NJPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WASHINGTON.
Aug 17, 3:50 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 47Washington, NJA 47 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST WAS MEASURED IN WASHINGTON.

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
Aug 17, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2007-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 2007-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-267 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KPHI 171917
TORPHI
NJC041-172000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0006.070817T1917Z-070817T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
317 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HARMONY...
  OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BETHLEHEM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
  THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IN EASTERN
  PENNSYLVANIA.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMSBURY AND BRASS CASTLE BY 325 PM EDT...
  PLEASANT VALLEY...WASHINGTON AND BRASS CASTLE BY 330 PM EDT...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4081 7490 4070 7499 4068 7504 4058 7519
      4065 7521 4067 7519 4069 7521 4073 7519
      4075 7519 4077 7517 4077 7514 4078 7512
      4081 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 275DEG 36KT 4071 7516

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI43 min
Aug 16, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Aug 16, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Aug 16, 11:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI39 min
Aug 17, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI46 min
Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren70 min
Aug 17, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon62 min
Aug 17, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester55 min
Aug 17, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset55 min
Aug 17, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex69 min
Aug 17, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris49 min
Aug 17, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 17, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden36 min
Aug 17, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth49 min
Aug 17, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren60 min
Aug 17, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon58 min
Aug 17, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris64 min
Aug 17, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset59 min
Aug 17, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Aug 17, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth35 min
Aug 17, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth58 min

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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.