Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Washington, NJ | |
| Aug 19, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Califon, NJ | A 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
TFG2 follow-up statements
396
WWUS51 KPHI 192206
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
606 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011
NJC019-027-037-041-192230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0272.000000T0000Z-110819T2230Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
606 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...MORRIS...EAST CENTRAL WARREN AND
SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HIGHLAND LAKE TO GREAT
MEADOWS-VIENNA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PATERSON TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LONG VALLEY BY 610 PM EDT...
CHESTER...NETCONG AND BUDD LAKE BY 625 PM EDT...
HOPATCONG...STANHOPE...GREEN POND AND MOUNT ARLINGTON BY 630 PM
EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4071 7492 4076 7490 4080 7490 4084 7491
4097 7488 4120 7441 4120 7437 4118 7437
4109 7449 4104 7449 4105 7444 4102 7442
4101 7432 4097 7427 4070 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 248DEG 18KT 4115 7435 4090 7487
$$
TFG851
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
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 112 min |
| Aug 18, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 67 min |
| Aug 18, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 26 min | |
| Aug 19, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 12:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 1:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 2:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 2:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 3:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 114 min |
| Aug 19, 3:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 114 min |
| Aug 19, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 6:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 41 min | |
| Aug 19, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Aug 19, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 90 min | |
| Aug 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 111 min |
| Aug 19, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 118 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 104 min |
| Aug 19, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset | 80 min |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 31 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.