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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 15, 20095 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 7:48 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 28 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, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 8:16 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 152348
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-035-037-041-160045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0082.090615T2348Z-090616T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORRISTOWN...
  NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 747 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
  ANDOVER...OR NEAR NEWTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALLAMUCHY AND ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY AROUND 755 PM EDT...
  HOPATCONG AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  STANHOPE AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  BUDD LAKE AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  SUCCASUNNA AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  LONG VALLEY AROUND 820 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4080 7436 4062 7476 4097 7487 4106 7465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 333DEG 19KT 4098 7478

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 160016
SVSPHI

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

NJC019-027-035-037-041-160025-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-090616T0045Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
816 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET...
NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...MORRIS...EAST CENTRAL WARREN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED.  AS A RESULT, THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 4080 7436 4062 7476 4097 7487 4106 7465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 333DEG 19KT 4085 7470

$$

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, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren55 min

Nearby

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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.