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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 2011Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 16 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
Jun 9, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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
Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1610 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 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

246 
WUUS51 KPHI 091933
SVRPHI
NJC037-092015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0089.110609T1933Z-110609T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 330 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
  SUSSEX...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTAGUE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNON VALLEY AROUND 345 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING WAS BECOMING FREQUENT WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES GREATEST KILLERS. 
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE 
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4124 7447 4121 7439 4120 7437 4118 7437
      4119 7467 4125 7472 4129 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 262DEG 28KT 4123 7462

$$
1 follow-up statement
474 
WWUS51 KPHI 091949
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
349 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

NJC037-091958-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110609T2015Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
349 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WEAKENED AS IT WAS MOVING EASTWARD INTO NEW YORK 
STATE. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4124 7447 4121 7439 4120 7437 4118 7437
      4119 7467 4125 7472 4129 7457
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 262DEG 28KT 4124 7447

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex64 min
Jun 9, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex41 min
Jun 9, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren62 min
Jun 9, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren61 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth43 min
Jun 9, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth39 min
Jun 9, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset33 min
Jun 9, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth18 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.