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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 20114 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 4:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 24, 2011, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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
Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Lawrenceville, 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
Jun 24, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2011-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

118 
WUUS51 KPHI 242020
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-035-PAC017-242115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0128.110624T2020Z-110624T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND   
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR             
  PENNINGTON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25   
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SKILLMAN AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  PRINCETON AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  ROCKY HILL AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  SOUTH BRUNSWICK AND KENDALL PARK AROUND 445 PM EDT...
  DAYTON AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  JAMESBURG AND NORTH BRUNSWICK AROUND 455 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4059 7443 4033 7434 4019 7493 4038 7495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 258DEG 23KT 4035 7475

$$

GORSE
1 follow-up statement
009 
WWUS51 KPHI 242056
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
456 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

NJC019-PAC017-242106-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-110624T2115Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-BUCKS PA-
456 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BUCKS AND
SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE 
AREA. THEREFORE, THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4022 7480 4043 7471 4059 7443 4033 7434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 254DEG 21KT 4036 7453

$$

NJC021-023-035-242115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-110624T2115Z/
SOMERSET NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
456 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN MERCER AND SOUTHERN SOMERSET
COUNTIES...

AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
MONMOUTH JUNCTION...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JAMESBURG...ROSSMOOR...CONCORDIA AND NORTH BRUNSWICK BY 505 PM
  EDT...
  HELMETTA...EAST BRUNSWICK AND MILLTOWN BY 510 PM EDT...
  SPOTSWOOD AND SOUTH RIVER BY 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4022 7480 4043 7471 4059 7443 4033 7434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 254DEG 21KT 4036 7453

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren62 min
Jun 24, 12:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren112 min
Jun 24, 12:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren66 min
Jun 24, 12:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren2 hr
Jun 24, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset53 min
Jun 24, 1:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic11 hr
Jun 24, 3:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more16 hr
Jun 24, 5:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris10 hr
Jun 24, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth93 min
Jun 24, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jun 24, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean26 min
Jun 24, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean58 min
Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jun 24, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon57 min
Jun 24, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean119 min
Jun 24, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean43 min
Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset60 min
Jun 24, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean57 min
Jun 24, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 24, 4:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset2 hr
Jun 24, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset72 min
Jun 24, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jun 24, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon63 min
Jun 24, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren62 min
Jun 24, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean38 min
Jun 23, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks61 min
Jun 23, 10:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh64 min
Jun 23, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon58 min
Jun 23, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILebanon64 min
Jun 23, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks62 min
Jun 23, 11:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHILehigh, Northampton116 min
Jun 23, 11:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe60 min
Jun 23, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh53 min
Jun 23, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks59 min
Jun 24, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks64 min
Jun 24, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe64 min
Jun 24, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe43 min
Jun 24, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe66 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.