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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 2011Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 9, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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
Jun 9, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNeptune City, NJLARGE BRANCHES DOWN

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
Jun 9, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

349 
WUUS51 KPHI 092321
SVRPHI
NJC023-025-100000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0095.110609T2321Z-110610T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 719 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
  ROBERTSVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLMDEL AROUND 730 PM EDT...
  LINCROFT AND MIDDLETOWN AROUND 735 PM EDT...
  RED BANK...TINTON FALLS AND 7 MILES NORTH OF COLLINGWOOD PARK
  AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  LONG BRANCH...ELBERON...ASBURY PARK AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHLANDS
  AROUND 750 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.

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 4027 7397 4021 7399 4019 7401 4030 7455
      4042 7436 4042 7404 4041 7400 4043 7399
      4043 7396 4041 7396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 280DEG 27KT 4034 7428

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex16 min
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, 7:42 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

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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.