Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 5, 2009Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2009, 1:46 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 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 5, 2009, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2009, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2009-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1399 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 2009-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 051746
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-041-051845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0183.090805T1746Z-090805T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
146 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 144 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
  FIVE POINTS...OR 11 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 
  AT 25 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SUSSEX
  COUNTY COULD ALSO GO SEVERE. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FIVE POINTS AND CRANDON LAKES AROUND 155 PM EDT...
  NEWTON AROUND 210 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER AROUND 215 PM EDT...
  LAKE MOHAWK AND STANHOPE AROUND 225 PM EDT...
  HOPATCONG AROUND 230 PM EDT...
  MOUNT ARLINGTON AROUND 235 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7442 4108 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444
      4104 7443 4102 7443 4081 7477 4105 7502
      4108 7497 4126 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 293DEG 21KT 4108 7495

$$

 
TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 051818
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
218 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

NJC027-037-041-051845-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-090805T1845Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-
218 PM EDT WED AUG 5 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRIS...NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN SUSSEX
COUNTIES...

AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL AS LARGE AS 
PENNIES.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
HIGHLAND LAKE TO 7 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN TO 8 MILES WEST OF 
FIVE POINTS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF NEWTON TO 7 MILES NORTH OF NEWTON TO 13 MILES WEST OF 
NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN BY 240 PM EDT...
  NEWTON...OGDENSBURG...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE MOHAWK AND 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ANDOVER BY 245 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...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. LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO OCCURRING AND WILL CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 7494 4121 7447 4115 7442 4108 7449
      4104 7449 4105 7444 4104 7443 4102 7443
      4081 7477 4105 7502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 339DEG 6KT 4116 7444 4115 7471
          4104 7500

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren75 min

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