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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 1, 2008Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2008, 9:32 PM EDT for Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 1, 2008, 9:32 PM EDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2008, 10:02 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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, 9:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPeapack And Gladstone, NJTREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 020133
SVRPHI
NJC027-035-020230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0020.080402T0132Z-080402T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOVER...BASKING RIDGE AND MILLINGTON BY 940 PM EDT...
  MORRISTOWN...PARSIPPANY...MADISON AND BOONTON BY 945 PM EDT...
  EAST HANOVER BY 950 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4089 7430 4089 7433 4087 7433 4085 7431
      4078 7437 4075 7435 4074 7436 4066 7446
      4068 7472 4084 7478 4091 7456 4091 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 258DEG 58KT 4077 7470

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 020202
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
958 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2008

NJC027-035-020208-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080402T0230Z/
MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
958 PM EDT TUE APR 1 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOMERSET AND
SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES HAVE WEAKENED.  
AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4089 7430 4089 7433 4087 7433 4085 7431
      4078 7437 4075 7435 4074 7436 4066 7446
      4068 7472 4084 7478 4091 7456 4091 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 258DEG 58KT 4085 7416

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren56 min
Apr 1, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren37 min
Apr 1, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMorris25 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.