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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 22, 20105 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2010, 7:54 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 36 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
Sep 22, 2010, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2010, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 22, 8:12 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSayreville, NJTREES REPORTED DOWN IN SAYREVILLE, OLD BRIDGE AND SOUTH AMBOY.
Sep 22, 8:12 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 50Sayreville, NJ50 MPH GUST MEASURED IN SAYREVILLE.

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
Sep 22, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2010-09-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2010-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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.

872 
WUUS51 KPHI 222354
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-025-035-230030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0155.100922T2354Z-100923T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
754 PM EDT WED SEP 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIDGEWATER TO FLAGTOWN TO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF HOPEWELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SOMERVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERVILLE TO 16
  MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SOMERVILLE...ROCKY HILL...MILLSTONE AND MANVILLE AROUND 800 PM
  EDT...
  SOUTH BRUNSWICK...MARTINSVILLE...SOMERSET AND PRINCETON AROUND 805
  PM EDT...
  SOCIETY HILL AND NEW BRUNSWICK AROUND 810 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4050 7429 4050 7431 4049 7429 4029 7430
      4023 7438 4042 7489 4049 7476 4069 7475
      4061 7442 4059 7444 4060 7436 4058 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 290DEG 40KT 4064 7467 4046 7465
          4041 7481

$$

DRAG
1 follow-up statement
642 
WWUS51 KPHI 230028
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
828 PM EDT WED SEP 22 2010

NJC019-021-023-025-035-230037-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-100923T0030Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
828 PM EDT WED SEP 22 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONMOUTH...
MIDDLESEX...NORTH CENTRAL MERCER...SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN
HUNTERDON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4050 7429 4050 7431 4049 7429 4029 7430
      4023 7438 4042 7489 4049 7476 4069 7475
      4061 7442 4059 7444 4060 7436 4058 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 290DEG 40KT 4051 7422 4033 7420
          4028 7436

$$

DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 9:34 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI15 hr
Sep 22, 6:08 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean11 hr
Sep 22, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren87 min
Sep 22, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren42 min
Sep 22, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren41 min
Sep 22, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren53 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.