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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 8, 2008Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2008, 7:56 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 8, 2008, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 8:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Branchville, NJTREES AND WIRES 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2008-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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 2008-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 082357
SVRPHI
NJC037-090100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0048.080608T2356Z-080609T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
756 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 754 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 8 MILES
  WEST OF HAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 37 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAINESVILLE BY 805 PM...
  BRANCHVILLE BY 815 PM...
  PELLETTOWN BY 820 PM...
  SUSSEX BY 825 PM...
  HAMBURG...FRANKLIN AND OGDENSBURG BY 830 PM...
  HIGHLAND LAKE BY 835 PM...

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4097 7464 4093 7464 4091 7466
      4110 7499 4115 7491 4128 7483 4130 7480
      4131 7480 4134 7475 4135 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 298DEG 32KT 4128 7493

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 090047
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
847 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

NJC037-090100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-080609T0100Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
847 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR OGDENSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4097 7464 4093 7464 4091 7466
      4102 7486 4105 7485 4109 7478 4112 7475
      4118 7465 4128 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 310DEG 31KT 4101 7450

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex44 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.