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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 15, 2009Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 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 15, 2009, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 152305
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-160000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0081.090615T2305Z-090616T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
705 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF HAINESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FLATBROOKVILLE AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  CRANDON LAKES AND BRANCHVILLE AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  FIVE POINTS AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  NEWTON AROUND 745 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER AND LAKE MOHAWK AROUND 755 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4106 7454 4086 7494 4107 7499 4108 7497
      4108 7499 4110 7499 4111 7495 4121 7487
      4128 7483 4130 7479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 338DEG 19KT 4122 7490

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 152329
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
729 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

NJC037-041-160000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-090616T0000Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
729 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CRANDON LAKES...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWTON BY 745 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER AND LAKE MOHAWK BY 755 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4112 7493 4121 7471 4106 7454 4086 7494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 338DEG 19KT 4111 7484

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester53 min
Jun 15, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren28 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.