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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2011Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2011, 2:51 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, Warren County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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 8, 2011, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1352 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

096 
WUUS51 KPHI 081851
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-041-PAC017-081945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0162.110708T1851Z-110708T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 249 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 NEAR
  DOYLESTOWN...OR 16 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GARDENVILLE AND NEW HOPE AROUND 300 PM EDT...
  LUMBERVILLE...BYRAM...STOCKTON AND PIPERSVILLE AROUND 305 PM EDT...
  TINICUM TOWNSHIP AND SERGEANTSVILLE AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  ERWINNA AROUND 320 PM EDT...
  FRENCHTOWN AROUND 325 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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4075 7517 4071 7478 4016 7485 4026 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 180DEG 24KT 4032 7504

$$
NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland80 min
Jul 7, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 7, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May53 min
Jul 7, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren28 min
Jul 8, 3:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more19 hr
Jul 8, 4:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon56 min
Jul 8, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic57 min
Jul 8, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester64 min
Jul 8, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem93 min
Jul 8, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren82 min
Jul 8, 2:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem7 hr
Jul 8, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer3 hr
Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer57 min
Jul 8, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset66 min
Jul 8, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset3 hr
Jul 8, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren76 min
Jul 8, 3:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden3 hr
Jul 8, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren69 min
Jul 8, 4:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Jul 8, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren78 min
Jul 8, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden70 min
Jul 8, 5:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex117 min
Jul 8, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden27 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more3 hr
Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Jul 8, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean77 min
Jul 8, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean3 hr
Jul 8, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jul 8, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jul 7, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon94 min
Jul 7, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon67 min
Jul 7, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Northampton73 min
Jul 8, 2:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks65 min
Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe57 min
Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery55 min
Jul 8, 3:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton3 hr
Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia3 hr
Jul 8, 4:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonroe2 hr
Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.