Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 4:53 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 37 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, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Blairstown, NJ | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF WARREN COUNTY... INCLUDING IN BLAIRSTOWN... HACKETTSTOWN... AND INDEPENDENCE TWP |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
610 WFUS51 KPHI 222053 TORPHI NJC037-041-222130- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0009.110622T2053Z-110622T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 453 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 449 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLAIRSTOWN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLAIRSTOWN BY 500 PM EDT... FIVE POINTS BY 525 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 4111 7483 4095 7474 4088 7502 4099 7506 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 244DEG 15KT 4096 7499 $$ MPD
The 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, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 34 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 |
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.