Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 20115 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
Jun 9, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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
Jun 9, 7:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRocky Hill, NJLARGE BRANCHES DOWN
Jun 9, 7:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEwing Twp, NJLARGE BRANCHES DOWN
Jun 9, 7:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLawrenceville, NJROUTE 206 BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES

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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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.

419 
WUUS51 KPHI 092342
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-027-035-PAC017-029-091-101-100015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0097.110609T2342Z-110610T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON...
  WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 740 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 MIDDLESEX TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF KING OF PRUSSIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SOMERVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTH OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESTNUT HILL...ABINGTON...WILLOW GROVE AND RICHBORO AROUND 750 PM
  EDT...
  YARDLEY...WOODSIDE...JENKINTOWN AND FEASTERVILLE AROUND 755 PM
  EDT...
  LAWRENCEVILLE AND SOUTH BRUNSWICK AROUND 800 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. 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 4029 7454 4028 7448 4003 7527 4014 7529
      4007 7543 4027 7549 4074 7450 4043 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 308DEG 27KT 4061 7446 3983 7574

$$
1 follow-up statement
968 
WWUS51 KPHI 100000
SVSPHI

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

NJC027-100010-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110610T0015Z/
MORRIS NJ-
800 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MORRIS
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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 4023 7546 4056 7443 4043 7437 4029 7454
      4028 7448 4003 7527 4014 7529 4007 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 308DEG 27KT 4052 7432 3975 7560

$$

NJC019-021-023-035-PAC017-029-091-101-100015-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110610T0015Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BUCKS PA-
800 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN BUCKS...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
CHESTER...NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA...WESTERN MIDDLESEX...MERCER...
SOUTHERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTIES...

AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 PARK TO 26 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KING OF PRUSSIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PERTH
AMBOY TO WILMINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRISVILLE...FAIRLESS HILLS...TRENTON AND SOUTH RIVER BY 805 PM
  EDT...
  EDINBURG AND MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE BY 810 PM EDT...
  HIGHTSTOWN BY 815 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 4023 7546 4056 7443 4043 7437 4029 7454
      4028 7448 4003 7527 4014 7529 4007 7543
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 308DEG 27KT 4052 7432 3975 7560

$$

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, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth39 min
Jun 9, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 9, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth18 min
Jun 9, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery66 min
Jun 9, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.