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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 29, 2011Middlesex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT for Middlesex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 20 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 29, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Middlesex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 29, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2011-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 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 2011-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

289 
WUUS51 KPHI 292225
SVRPHI
NJC023-292245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0207.110729T2225Z-110729T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
625 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 622 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
  CLEARBROOK PARK...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4026 7448 4028 7452 4029 7455 4032 7462
      4034 7465 4037 7461 4041 7459 4043 7453
      4048 7447 4040 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 311DEG 37KT 4030 7445

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more63 min
Jul 29, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Ocean60 min
Jul 29, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren108 min
Jul 29, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex61 min
Jul 29, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth58 min
Jul 29, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 29, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean66 min
Jul 29, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean46 min
Jul 29, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington42 min
Jul 29, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean63 min
Jul 29, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 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.