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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 20125 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 45 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, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 22, 5:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Youngstown, NJA FEW WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY

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 22, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

260 
WUUS51 KPHI 222100
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-035-037-041-222145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0041.120622T2100Z-120622T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORRISTOWN...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHLAND LAKE TO MILFORD...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF PATERSON TO 11 MILES
  SOUTH OF EASTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GREEN POND...MOUNT ARLINGTON...LONG VALLEY AND HIGH BRIDGE AROUND
  505 PM EDT...
  WHARTON...SUCCASUNNA...LAKE TELEMARK AND CLINTON AROUND 510 PM
  EDT...
  ROCKAWAY AND LEBANON AROUND 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 7438 4109 7450 4104 7450 4105 7445
      4102 7443 4100 7430 4091 7427 4090 7433
      4074 7436 4066 7445 4065 7439 4057 7452
      4041 7469 4053 7506 4057 7511 4057 7520
      4062 7520 4080 7507 4114 7467 4125 7445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 270DEG 30KT 4122 7432 4054 7513

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
690 
WWUS51 KPHI 222127
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NJC037-041-222135-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120622T2145Z/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX AND
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 

&&

LAT...LON 4090 7433 4074 7436 4067 7445 4065 7440
      4057 7452 4041 7470 4050 7494 4087 7473
      4093 7465 4096 7464 4109 7451 4104 7450
      4105 7445 4102 7442 4100 7430 4091 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 270DEG 30KT 4103 7436 4094 7455
          4046 7475

$$

NJC019-027-035-222145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120622T2145Z/
HUNTERDON NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOMERSET...MORRIS AND EASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTIES...

AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM KINNELON TO WHARTON TO CLOVERHILL...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PATERSON TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEWTON TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SKILLMAN...FLAGTOWN...BRIDGEWATER AND BELLE MEAD BY 530 PM EDT...
  MARTINSVILLE...BASKING RIDGE...SOMERVILLE AND RIVERDALE BY 535 PM
  EDT...
  MILLINGTON AND PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP BY 540 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

ALSO IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 

&&

LAT...LON 4090 7433 4074 7436 4067 7445 4065 7440
      4057 7452 4041 7470 4050 7494 4087 7473
      4093 7465 4096 7464 4109 7451 4104 7450
      4105 7445 4102 7442 4100 7430 4091 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 270DEG 30KT 4103 7436 4094 7455
          4046 7475

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 10:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean33 min
Jun 22, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean63 min
Jun 22, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean60 min
Jun 22, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean42 min
Jun 22, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jun 22, 12:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 22, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean52 min
Jun 22, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean61 min
Jun 22, 1:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIOcean6 hr
Jun 22, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington83 min
Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 22, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean59 min
Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean56 min
Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean73 min
Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean119 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic56 min
Jun 22, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 22, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean63 min
Jun 22, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth59 min
Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 22, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean59 min
Jun 22, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic2 hr
Jun 22, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex65 min
Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington43 min
Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren66 min
Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland44 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean60 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean2 hr
Jun 22, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean55 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean59 min
Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset42 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer57 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem62 min
Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem119 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester102 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester56 min
Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem54 min
Jun 22, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem93 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth73 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem69 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.