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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 23, 2010Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2010, 7:36 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 24 min. 6 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 23, 2010, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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
Jul 23, 7:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Ogdensburg, NJNUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP. POWER OUTAGES IN THE TOWNSHIP.
Jul 23, 7:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ene Ogdensburg, NJNUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP. POWER OUTAGES IN THE TOWNSHIP.
Jul 23, 7:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Green Pond, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP. WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE COUNTY LINE WITH PASSAIC COUNTY.
Jul 23, 8:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGKinnelon, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Jul 23, 8:01 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Butler, NJDIME SIZE HAIL
Jul 23, 8:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Riverdale, NJ

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 23, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2010-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 2010-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

156 
WFUS51 KPHI 232336
TORPHI
NJC027-037-240000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0003.100723T2336Z-100724T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
736 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 733 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HIGHLAND
  LAKE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KINNELON BY 745 PM EDT...
  RIVERDALE...BUTLER AND PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP BY 750 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN PARK BY 755 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4121 7439 4118 7437 4109 7449 4104 7449
      4105 7444 4102 7442 4100 7430 4097 7427
      4090 7429 4089 7432 4111 7468 4125 7448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 306DEG 46KT 4113 7447

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:09 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland2 hr
Jul 23, 3:24 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer48 hr
Jul 23, 3:24 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 7 more51 hr
Jul 23, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex52 min
Jul 23, 7:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMorris34 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.