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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2008Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2008, 11:23 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 11, 2008, 11:23 AM EDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2008, 12:01 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2008-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 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 2008-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 111523
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-PAC089-111630-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0243.080811T1523Z-080811T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1123 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT

* AT 1120 AM 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
  ANALOMINK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MOUNT POCONO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLATBROOKVILLE BY 1130 AM...
  HAINESVILLE BY 1145 AM...
  HIGH POINT BY NOON...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4127 7455 4095 7523 4109 7538 4126 7517
      4126 7514 4125 7513 4116 7515 4115 7509
      4109 7502 4115 7491 4127 7485 4134 7475
      4135 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 228DEG 37KT 4113 7509

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 111601
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1201 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

NJC037-041-PAC089-111610-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-080811T1630Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MONROE PA-
1200 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MONROE...EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL WARREN AND NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING TO BE ISSUED HAS WEAKENED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.  HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL 
AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING REMAIN IN THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4127 7455 4095 7523 4109 7538 4126 7517
      4126 7514 4125 7513 4116 7515 4115 7509
      4109 7502 4115 7491 4127 7485 4134 7475
      4135 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 228DEG 37KT 4138 7471

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Ocean84 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Aug 10, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI28 min
Aug 10, 9:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Aug 11, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset40 min
Aug 11, 10:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI20 min
Aug 11, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Aug 11, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Aug 11, 9:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh45 min
Aug 11, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMontgomery39 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.