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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 29, 2008Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2008, 3:31 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2008, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2008-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2008-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 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 291931
SVRPHI
NJC023-035-292015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0113.080629T1931Z-080629T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 329 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
  NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDISON AND SAYREVILLE BY 340 PM...
  PERTH AMBOY BY 345 PM...
  COLONIA BY 350 PM...
  CARTERET BY 355 PM...

LAT...LON 4054 7424 4053 7423 4048 7426 4038 7443
      4048 7457 4059 7443 4060 7430 4059 7428
      4060 7422 4059 7420 4057 7420
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 223DEG 25KT 4048 7442

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth29 min
Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth46 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset64 min
Jun 29, 4:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.