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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 3, 2012Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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 3, 2012, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 3, 1:55 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Clinton, NJPEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL LASTING ABOUT 5 MINUTES
Jun 3, 1:58 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Whitehouse Station, NJNICKEL SIZE HAIL IN WHITEHOUSE STATION

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

981 
WUUS51 KPHI 031750
SVRPHI
NJC019-023-035-031845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0027.120603T1750Z-120603T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
150 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  EAST CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 145 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
  ANNANDALE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF SOMERVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE HOUSE STATION AROUND 155 PM EDT...
  BRIDGEWATER AND FLAGTOWN AROUND 215 PM EDT...
  SOMERVILLE AROUND 220 PM EDT...
  MANVILLE...MILLSTONE AND MARTINSVILLE AROUND 225 PM EDT...
  BOUND BROOK AND MIDDLESEX AROUND 230 PM EDT...
  SOMERSET AROUND 240 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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4037 7454 4059 7497 4070 7485 4061 7444
      4060 7444 4061 7441 4059 7436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 294DEG 21KT 4062 7483

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
323 
WWUS51 KPHI 031821
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
221 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

NJC019-023-035-031831-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120603T1845Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
221 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX...
SOMERSET AND EAST CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER 
SEVERE.


PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4037 7454 4059 7497 4070 7485 4061 7444
      4060 7444 4061 7441 4059 7436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 294DEG 21KT 4055 7461

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:57 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more23 hr
Jun 3, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren57 min
Jun 3, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris and 4 more118 min
Jun 3, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more118 min
Jun 3, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon52 min
Jun 3, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth67 min
Jun 3, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI91 min
Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Ocean and 1 more85 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.