Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 2011Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2011, 5:05 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2011-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1080 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 2011-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

835 
WUUS51 KPHI 072019
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-041-072145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0151.110707T2019Z-110707T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
419 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF BLAIRSTOWN...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT POCONO...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLAIRSTOWN AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  HOPE AROUND 440 PM EDT...
  ALLAMUCHY AND ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER AROUND 505 PM EDT...
  BUDD LAKE AROUND 510 PM EDT...
  STANHOPE...NETCONG AND HOPATCONG AROUND 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4073 7467 4097 7514 4108 7496 4097 7435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 290DEG 20KT 4101 7508

$$
NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
211 
WWUS51 KPHI 072105
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
505 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

NJC027-037-041-072111-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110707T2145Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-
505 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORRIS...NORTHERN WARREN AND
SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

LAT...LON 4073 7467 4097 7513 4108 7496 4097 7435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 290DEG 20KT 4093 7479

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington93 min
Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic64 min
Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean45 min
Jul 7, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren64 min
Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex90 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington89 min
Jul 7, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean34 min
Jul 7, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean88 min
Jul 7, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean57 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester63 min
Jul 7, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean61 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester40 min
Jul 7, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset74 min
Jul 7, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden57 min
Jul 7, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem88 min
Jul 7, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer86 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.