Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 18, 2011Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2011, 9:57 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 18, 2011, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2011, 10:40 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 18, 10:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMendham Twp, NJTREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2011-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1443 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

729 
WUUS51 KPHI 190157
SVRPHI
NJC027-190300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0259.110819T0157Z-110819T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
957 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORRISTOWN...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 953 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
  WHARTON...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORRISTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOVER AROUND 1005 PM EDT...
  ROCKAWAY AROUND 1010 PM EDT...
  MORRIS PLAINS AROUND 1020 PM EDT...
  MORRISTOWN AND MOUNTAIN LAKES AROUND 1025 PM EDT...
  PARSIPPANY AND BOONTON AROUND 1030 PM EDT...
  FLORHAM PARK AROUND 1040 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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4090 7427 4089 7433 4087 7433 4086 7431
      4079 7436 4076 7437 4081 7464 4097 7463
      4100 7460 4096 7427 4092 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 284DEG 15KT 4086 7460

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
869 
WWUS51 KPHI 190240
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1040 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

NJC027-190249-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-110819T0300Z/
MORRIS NJ-
1040 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED. AS A RESULT, THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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.

LAT...LON 4090 7427 4089 7433 4087 7433 4086 7431
      4079 7436 4076 7437 4081 7464 4097 7463
      4100 7460 4096 7427 4092 7428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 284DEG 15KT 4082 7438

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester64 min
Aug 18, 8:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester112 min
Aug 18, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer59 min
Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren57 min
Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean57 min
Aug 18, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren61 min
Aug 18, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren57 min
Aug 18, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem67 min
Aug 19, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI26 min
Aug 19, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May41 min
Aug 19, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem40 min
Aug 19, 1:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 1 more3 hr
Aug 19, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem59 min
Aug 19, 2:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem47 min
Aug 19, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean57 min
Aug 19, 3:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland114 min
Aug 19, 3:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean114 min
Aug 19, 6:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex36 min
Aug 19, 6:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex23 min
Aug 19, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI41 min
Aug 19, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Aug 19, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden55 min
Aug 19, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI90 min
Aug 19, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren61 min
Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren2 hr
Aug 19, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden67 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Aug 19, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren78 min
Aug 19, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean111 min
Aug 19, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean50 min
Aug 19, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Aug 19, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset104 min
Aug 19, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset80 min
Aug 19, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem65 min
Aug 19, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris28 min
Aug 19, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth31 min

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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.