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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 20114 counties in New Jersey

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGIndependence Twp, NJTREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
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

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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

$$

MPD
1 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

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 22, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex36 min
Jun 22, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex44 min
Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean53 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer61 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean61 min
Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem58 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren53 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset66 min
Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPHISussex, Warren37 min
Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean29 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset48 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.