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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2009Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2009, 5:09 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 28, 2009, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2009, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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
Jul 28, 5:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Brunswick, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2009-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 345 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 2009-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 282109
SVRPHI
NJC023-035-282200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0147.090728T2109Z-090728T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
509 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK...
  CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 508 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
  NORTH BRUNSWICK...OR NEAR NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SOMERSET AROUND 515 PM EDT...
  NEW BRUNSWICK...EAST BRUNSWICK AND SOCIETY HILL AROUND 520 PM
  EDT...
  EDISON AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  SAYREVILLE AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  PERTH AMBOY AROUND 555 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7424 4051 7424 4048 7427
      4044 7422 4039 7456 4054 7461 4060 7440
      4060 7431 4059 7429 4060 7423 4059 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 255DEG 15KT 4046 7450

$$

IOVINO/COLLOW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 282132
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009

NJC035-282142-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-090728T2200Z/
SOMERSET NJ-
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7424 4051 7424 4048 7427
      4044 7422 4042 7434 4040 7449 4054 7445
      4060 7431 4059 7429 4060 7423 4059 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 255DEG 15KT 4045 7440

$$

NJC023-282200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-090728T2200Z/
MIDDLESEX NJ-
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR EAST BRUNSWICK AND NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING EAST AT 15 
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDISON BY 540 PM EDT...
  SAYREVILLE BY 545 PM EDT...
  MADISON PARK BY 550 PM EDT...
  SOUTH AMBOY...LAURENCE HARBOR...PERTH AMBOY AND FORDS BY 555 PM
  EDT...

LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7424 4051 7424 4048 7427
      4044 7422 4042 7434 4040 7449 4054 7445
      4060 7431 4059 7429 4060 7423 4059 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 255DEG 15KT 4045 7440

$$

IOVINO/COLLOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:46 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI43 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.