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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 25, 20104 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2010, 2:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2010, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2010, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 3:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOttsville, PAFEW TREES DOWN IN BUCKS COUNTY.
Jul 25, 3:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Sergeantsville, NJTREES DOWN IN DELAWARE TOWNSHIP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2010-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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 2010-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-339 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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.

293 
WUUS51 KPHI 251841
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-035-041-PAC017-077-095-251945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0113.100725T1841Z-100725T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
241 PM EDT SUN JUL 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN...
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EASTON...
  NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHLEHEM...OR 7
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ALLENTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIEGELSVILLE AND ALPHA AROUND 250 PM EDT...
  FERNDALE AROUND 255 PM EDT...
  MILFORD AND REVERE AROUND 300 PM EDT...
  FRENCHTOWN AND ERWINNA AROUND 305 PM EDT...
  SAND BROOK AND SERGEANTSVILLE AROUND 315 PM EDT...
  FLEMINGTON AROUND 320 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JUST HAD A WIND GUST TO
NEARLY 70 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4064 7451 4017 7503 4054 7558 4080 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 294DEG 35KT 4063 7533

$$
 
GIGI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon49 min
Jul 25, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset66 min
Jul 25, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren87 min
Jul 25, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex42 min
Jul 25, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris61 min
Jul 25, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Jul 25, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem80 min
Jul 25, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIGloucester, Salem30 min
Jul 25, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more80 min
Jul 25, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Gloucester57 min
Jul 25, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem93 min
Jul 25, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 25, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean79 min
Jul 25, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland34 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jul 25, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jul 24, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon52 min
Jul 24, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh58 min
Jul 25, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton112 min
Jul 25, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester75 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.