Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Youngstown, NJ | A 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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
$$
MPD1 follow-up statement
690
WWUS51 KPHI 222127
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
NJC037-041-222135-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120622T2145Z/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
527 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX AND
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7433 4074 7436 4067 7445 4065 7440
4057 7452 4041 7470 4050 7494 4087 7473
4093 7465 4096 7464 4109 7451 4104 7450
4105 7445 4102 7442 4100 7430 4091 7427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 270DEG 30KT 4103 7436 4094 7455
4046 7475
$$
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
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 10:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 84 min | |
| Jun 22, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 97 min | |
| Jun 22, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Ocean | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 1:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 83 min |
| Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jun 22, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 73 min |
| Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean | 119 min |
| Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Jun 22, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 94 min | |
| Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 97 min | |
| Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem | 119 min |
| Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 102 min |
| Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jun 22, 7:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Salem | 93 min |
| Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth | 73 min |
| Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 69 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.