Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 5:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 34 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 22, 2011, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Independence Twp, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
337
WFUS51 KPHI 222111
TORPHI
NJC019-027-037-041-222145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0010.110622T2111Z-110622T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
511 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GREAT
MEADOWS-VIENNA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HACKETTSTOWN BY 520 PM EDT...
BUDD LAKE AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STANHOPE BY 525 PM EDT...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALIFON AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NETCONG BY
530 PM EDT...
LONG VALLEY BY 535 PM EDT...
CHESTER AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUCCASUNNA BY 540 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4086 7458 4072 7471 4071 7473 4070 7473
4062 7479 4084 7507 4100 7494 4102 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 304DEG 21KT 4087 7490
$$
MPD1 follow-up statement
439
WWUS51 KPHI 222124
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
524 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
NJC019-027-037-041-222145-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110622T2145Z/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
524 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS...EASTERN WARREN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HACKETTSTOWN...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF
NEWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BUDD LAKE...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALIFON...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NETCONG AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STANHOPE BY 530 PM EDT...
LONG VALLEY BY 535 PM EDT...
CHESTER AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUCCASUNNA BY 540 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4086 7458 4072 7471 4071 7473 4070 7473
4062 7479 4084 7507 4100 7494 4102 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 304DEG 21KT 4083 7482
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jun 22, 8:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 48 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.