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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2008Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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 14, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2008-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 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 2008-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 141845
SVRPHI
NJC037-141945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0249.080814T1845Z-080814T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
245 PM EDT THU AUG 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAINESVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR MONTAGUE...AND 
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY AND FARTHER WEST IN PIKE COUNTY WHICH
  ALSO WILL MOVE OVER SUSSEX COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGH POINT AND 7 MILES NORTH OF SUSSEX BY 255 PM...
  7 MILES NORTH OF VERNON VALLEY BY 305 PM...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY 
RAIN ARE 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 4120 7437 4111 7446 4101 7488 4106 7494
      4111 7496 4117 7489 4120 7487 4123 7487
      4128 7483 4134 7475 4135 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 248DEG 26KT 4125 7482

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 14, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.