Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 1, 2008Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2008, 8:34 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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
Apr 1, 2008, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 1, 8:43 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Hope, NJ
Apr 1, 9:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 N Hope, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN BLAIRSTOWN.
Apr 1, 9:00 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 47High Point, NJA 47 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST WAS RECORDED IN HIGH POINT.
Apr 1, 9:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOxford, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN WHITE TOWNSHIP.
Apr 1, 9:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreat Meadows-Vienna, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP.

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-02Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 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 020035
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-041-020130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0018.080402T0034Z-080402T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
834 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS 
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREAT MEADOWS AND BLAIRSTOWN BY 840 PM EDT...
  GREENDELL AND ALLAMUCHY BY 845 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER...NEWTON AND STANHOPE BY 850 PM EDT...
  LAKE MOHAWK BY 855 PM EDT...

IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE.

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4108 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444
      4101 7439 4100 7430 4095 7427 4094 7427
      4076 7500 4085 7506 4087 7506 4095 7513
      4108 7497 4108 7499 4136 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 243DEG 52KT 4088 7501

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren37 min
Apr 1, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMorris25 min
Apr 1, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.