Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 24, 20094 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2009, 7:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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
May 24, 2009, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2009, 8:26 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2009-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 2009-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 242356
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-035-250045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0032.090524T2356Z-090525T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
756 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 845 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 NEAR
  ROCKY HILL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKY HILL AND PRINCETON BY 800 PM EDT...
  KENDALL PARK BY 805 PM EDT...
  SOUTH BRUNSWICK BY 810 PM EDT...
  DAYTON BY 815 PM EDT...
  CLEARBROOK PARK AND JAMESBURG BY 825 PM EDT...
  TWIN RIVERS BY 830 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4039 7427 4018 7459 4041 7480 4055 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 310DEG 19KT 4043 7463

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 250026
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
826 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009

NJC019-021-023-035-250036-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090525T0045Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
826 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...EASTERN
MERCER...SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED.

LAT...LON 4039 7427 4018 7459 4041 7480 4055 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 310DEG 19KT 4032 7446

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren107 min
May 24, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren59 min
May 24, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset54 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.