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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 19, 20114 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2011, 5:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 78 min. 2 reports 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 19, 2011, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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
Aug 19, 5:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Washington, NJ
Aug 19, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCalifon, NJA FEW TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

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
Aug 19, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2011-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 897 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 2011-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 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.

294 
WUUS51 KPHI 192112
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-037-041-192230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0272.110819T2112Z-110819T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
512 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGHLAND LAKE TO 16 MILES WEST
  OF BRASS CASTLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF NEWTON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EASTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OGDENSBURG AROUND 520 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER AROUND 525 PM EDT...
  LAKE MOHAWK AROUND 530 PM EDT...
  ALLAMUCHY AND ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  GREAT MEADOWS AND GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  HOPATCONG AROUND 545 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4118 7437 4109 7449 4104 7449
      4105 7444 4102 7442 4101 7432 4097 7427
      4070 7476 4067 7520 4068 7521 4072 7519
      4084 7491 4099 7494 4123 7444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 266DEG 18KT 4120 7439 4074 7531

$$

TFG
2 follow-up statements
396 
WWUS51 KPHI 192206
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
606 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

NJC019-027-037-041-192230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-110819T2230Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
606 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...MORRIS...EAST CENTRAL WARREN AND
SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGHLAND LAKE TO GREAT
MEADOWS-VIENNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PATERSON TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LONG VALLEY BY 610 PM EDT...
  CHESTER...NETCONG AND BUDD LAKE BY 625 PM EDT...
  HOPATCONG...STANHOPE...GREEN POND AND MOUNT ARLINGTON BY 630 PM
  EDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4071 7492 4076 7490 4080 7490 4084 7491
      4097 7488 4120 7441 4120 7437 4118 7437
      4109 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444 4102 7442
      4101 7432 4097 7427 4070 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 248DEG 18KT 4115 7435 4090 7487

$$

TFG
851 
WWUS51 KPHI 192225
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
625 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

NJC019-027-037-041-192235-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-110819T2230Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
625 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...
WESTERN MORRIS...EAST CENTRAL WARREN AND SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IS NOW IN EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY WHERE A NEW
WARNING WAS JUST ISSUED. 

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 NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4071 7492 4076 7490 4080 7490 4084 7491
      4097 7488 4120 7441 4120 7437 4118 7437
      4109 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444 4102 7442
      4101 7432 4097 7427 4070 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 248DEG 18KT 4118 7423 4094 7475

$$

TFG

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 18, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris43 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, 5:27 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

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.