Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 2009Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 12:48 AM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 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 9, 2009, 12:48 AM EDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2009, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
42 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2009-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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 090448
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-041-090530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0050.090609T0448Z-090609T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1248 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM EDT

* AT 1248 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREAT
  MEADOWS-VIENNA...ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY...HACKETTSTOWN...BUDD
  LAKE...ANDOVER...STANHOPE...SUCCASUNNA...HOPATCONG AND LAKE MOHAWK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...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 4107 7458 4084 7459 4085 7502 4103 7503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 267DEG 16KT 4094 7490

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 090513
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
113 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

NJC041-090523-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090609T0530Z/
WARREN NJ-
113 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4106 7471 4107 7458 4084 7459 4084 7478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 277DEG 20KT 4090 7469

$$

NJC027-037-090530-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090609T0530Z/
SUSSEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-
113 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MORRIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 112 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NETCONG...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOPATCONG...SUCCASUNNA AND MOUNT ARLINGTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...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 4106 7471 4107 7458 4084 7459 4084 7478
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 277DEG 20KT 4090 7469

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris100 min
Jun 9, 4:17 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more5 hr
Jun 9, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Jun 9, 8:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden54 min
Jun 9, 8:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester3 hr
Jun 9, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Jun 9, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more3 hr
Jun 9, 8:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester62 min
Jun 9, 8:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland70 min
Jun 9, 9:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland3 hr
Jun 9, 9:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.