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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 1, 20104 counties in Pennsylvania; 15 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 2010, 12:12 PM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania; 15 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
Dec 1, 2010, 12:12 PM EST (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2010, 1:15 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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
Dec 1, 12:13 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGN Hamilton Twp, NJ5 TREES DOWN IN HAMILTON TWP. NON-THUNDERSTORM RELATED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2010-12-01Temperature 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 2010-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 366 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

713 
WUUS51 KPHI 011712
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-009-011-015-019-021-023-025-027-029-033-035-041-
PAC017-091-095-101-011815-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0182.101201T1712Z-101201T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1212 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EASTON...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORRISTOWN...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VINELAND...MILLVILLE...
  EASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1207 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE
  OF HEAVY SOWERS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EASTON TO 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF VINELAND TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HARMONY...ERWINNA...BYRAM AND TACONY AROUND 1220 PM EST...
  ROXBURG...LUMBERVILLE...BENSALEM AND ANDALUSIA AROUND 1225 PM
  EST...
  PLEASANT VALLEY AND BRASS CASTLE AROUND 1230 PM EST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE 
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3953 7435 3953 7440 3947 7438 3942 7443
      3923 7520 3929 7528 3954 7516 4074 7537
      4096 7443 4071 7439 4067 7445 4064 7440
      4059 7444 4060 7438 3978 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 253DEG 32KT 4068 7523 3959 7506
          3932 7514

$$
1 follow-up statement
072 
WWUS51 KPHI 011745
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1245 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

NJC015-033-PAC091-095-101-011754-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-101201T1815Z/
SALEM NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
1245 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...
EASTERN MONTGOMERY...PHILADELPHIA...EASTERN GLOUCESTER AND
SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3953 7435 3953 7440 3947 7438 3942 7443
      3931 7490 3966 7487 3998 7480 4050 7495
      4080 7508 4096 7443 4071 7439 4067 7445
      4064 7440 4059 7444 4060 7438 3978 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 253DEG 32KT 4077 7486 3967 7469
          3940 7478

$$

NJC001-005-007-009-011-019-021-023-025-027-029-035-041-PAC017-011815-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-101201T1815Z/
WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-CAMDEN NJ-
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-BUCKS PA-MONMOUTH NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-OCEAN NJ-
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
1245 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST
FOR BURLINGTON...ATLANTIC...WESTERN OCEAN...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
CAPE MAY...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...MIDDLESEX...
MERCER...SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND...
SOMERSET...HUNTERDON...MORRIS AND CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES...

AT 1242 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CALIFON TO HAMMONTON 
TO DOROTHY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES EAST OF EASTON 
TO 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINELAND TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
VINELAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HACKETTSTOWN...SKILLMAN...JOBSTOWN AND WHITE HOUSE STATION BY 1250
  PM EST...
  BUDD LAKE...GEORGETOWN...FLAGTOWN AND CROSSWICKS BY 1255 PM EST...
  WINDSOR AND EDINBURG BY 100 PM EST...

LAT...LON 3953 7435 3953 7440 3947 7438 3942 7443
      3931 7490 3966 7487 3998 7480 4050 7495
      4080 7508 4096 7443 4071 7439 4067 7445
      4064 7440 4059 7444 4060 7438 3978 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 253DEG 32KT 4077 7486 3967 7469
          3940 7478

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 12:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton96 min
Dec 1, 12:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe64 min
Dec 1, 4:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia58 min
Dec 1, 5:42 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Dec 1, 6:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester55 min
Dec 1, 7:01 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton8 hr
Dec 1, 7:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Lehigh61 min
Dec 1, 7:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 2 more47 min
Dec 1, 8:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more54 min
Dec 1, 8:58 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia6 hr
Dec 1, 9:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more59 min
Dec 1, 10:04 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe6 hr
Dec 1, 10:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more56 min
Dec 1, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 1 more40 min
Dec 1, 11:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and 1 more57 min
Dec 1, 12:45 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia7 hr
Dec 1, 12:59 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Dec 1, 1:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren63 min
Dec 1, 2:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex65 min
Dec 1, 5:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset53 min
Dec 1, 6:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren57 min
Dec 1, 9:04 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Dec 1, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Dec 1, 12:21 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Dec 1, 1:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 3 more44 min
Dec 1, 1:21 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Dec 1, 1:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Dec 1, 2:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth24 min
Dec 1, 3:52 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI19 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.