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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 14, 2011Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2011, 11:50 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 23 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
Sep 14, 2011, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2011, 12:13 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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
Sep 14, 11:50 PM EDTHAIL 1Vernon, NJ

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2011-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 853 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

445 
WUUS51 KPHI 150350
SVRPHI
NJC037-150430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0305.110915T0350Z-110915T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1150 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1145 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
  HIGHLAND LAKE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 4123 7443 4120 7437 4118 7437 4115 7441
      4109 7448 4115 7464 4126 7449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 208DEG 30KT 4122 7449

$$

HAYES
1 follow-up statement
956 
WWUS51 KPHI 150413
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1213 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2011

NJC037-150423-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0305.000000T0000Z-110915T0430Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
1213 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IS
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.

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4123 7443 4120 7437 4118 7437 4115 7441
      4109 7448 4115 7464 4126 7449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 208DEG 30KT 4138 7436

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Warren2 hr
Sep 14, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon63 min
Sep 14, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren62 min
Sep 14, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex58 min
Sep 14, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex63 min
Sep 15, 6:50 AM EDTGale WarningPHI22 hr
Sep 15, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic47 min
Sep 15, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI12 min
Sep 15, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Sep 15, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Sep 15, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic95 min
Sep 15, 7:48 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHICape May4 hr

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.