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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2008Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 22, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2008, 1:48 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2008-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 352 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 2008-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 221728
SVRPHI
NJC027-221830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0098.080622T1728Z-080622T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
128 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 124 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 NEAR
  MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST HANOVER AND PARSIPPANY BY 155 PM...
  BOONTON BY 210 PM...
  PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP BY 230 PM...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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 4089 7433 4085 7431 4078 7437 4075 7436
      4068 7444 4072 7453 4075 7456 4074 7459
      4078 7467 4101 7434 4099 7429 4096 7427
      4092 7428 4089 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 219DEG 12KT 4077 7446

$$

RNS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 221748
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
147 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

NJC027-221757-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-080622T1830Z/
MORRIS NJ-
147 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4089 7433 4085 7431 4078 7437 4075 7436
      4068 7444 4072 7453 4075 7456 4074 7459
      4078 7467 4101 7434 4099 7429 4096 7427
      4092 7428 4089 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 219DEG 12KT 4082 7441

$$

RNS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris43 min
Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean54 min
Jun 22, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.