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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 2012Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2012, 7:58 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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 25, 2012, 7:58 AM EDT (11:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 25, 7:59 AM EDTHAIL 0.5East Brunswick, NJ
Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDTHAIL 0.88South River, NJ
Jun 25, 8:05 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Hamilton Twp, NJTREE DOWN AT NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE HAMILTON STATION

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 25, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

604 
WUUS51 KPHI 251158
SVRPHI
NJC021-023-025-251245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0050.120625T1158Z-120625T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
758 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SANDY HOOK...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK...

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 755 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM COLONIA TO TRENTON...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM PERTH AMBOY TO TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CARTERET...EDINBURG...WHITE HORSE AND SAYREVILLE AROUND 805 AM
  EDT...
  WINDSOR...JAMESBURG AND HIGHTSTOWN AROUND 810 AM EDT...
  TWIN RIVERS...OLD BRIDGE AND CLEARBROOK PARK AROUND 815 AM 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 LARGE HAIL AND 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 200 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4010 7403 4013 7411 4010 7415 4011 7423
      4017 7426 4017 7441 4008 7455 4014 7459
      4018 7471 4015 7472 4025 7483 4049 7446
      4053 7450 4061 7440 4060 7422 4047 7425
      4042 7401 4048 7400 4047 7398 4029 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 278DEG 28KT 4056 7430 4021 7475

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
900 
WWUS51 KPHI 251224
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
824 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

NJC021-023-025-251245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120625T1245Z/
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-
824 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT
FOR MONMOUTH...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 821 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH
MIDDLETOWN TO IMLAYSTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STATEN
ISLAND TO 12 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MARLBORO...CLARKSBURG...PORT MONMOUTH AND NORTH MIDDLETOWN BY 830
  AM EDT...
  MIDDLETOWN...HOLMDEL...WEST FREEHOLD AND LEONARDO BY 835 AM EDT...
  SANDY HOOK AND ADELPHIA BY 840 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.

HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND CAUSE FLOODING OF 
LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

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 200 PM EDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4010 7403 4013 7411 4010 7415 4011 7423
      4017 7426 4017 7441 4008 7455 4014 7459
      4018 7470 4030 7459 4043 7437 4052 7431
      4060 7422 4047 7425 4042 7401 4048 7399
      4047 7398 4029 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 278DEG 28KT 4053 7405 4018 7450

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland95 min
Jun 25, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI41 hr
Jun 25, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer55 min
Jun 25, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth61 min
Jun 25, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth59 min
Jun 25, 8:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jun 25, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset108 min
Jun 25, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean59 min
Jun 25, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI38 min
Jun 25, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jun 25, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May53 min
Jun 25, 10:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 25, 10:30 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI7 hr
Jun 25, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 25, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic28 min
Jun 25, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic37 min
Jun 25, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic35 min
Jun 25, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jun 25, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 25, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic63 min
Jun 25, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 25, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI49 min
Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 25, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 25, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset44 min
Jun 25, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth66 min
Jun 25, 5:12 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean55 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean63 min
Jun 25, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean59 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean75 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.