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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 2013Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2013, 5:18 PM EDT for Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2013, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 24, 5:32 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Forks Twp, PA43 MPH WIND GUST.

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 24, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 705 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2013-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
705 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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.

622 
WUUS51 KPHI 242118
SVRPHI
NJC019-041-PAC095-242200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0039.130624T2118Z-130624T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR NAZARETH...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TATAMY AND WILSON AROUND 525 PM EDT...
  FORKS AND EASTON AROUND 530 PM EDT...
  ALPHA AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  HARMONY AROUND 540 PM EDT...
  ROXBURG AND BLOOMSBURY AROUND 550 PM EDT...
  BELVIDERE AROUND 555 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CREATE WINDS OF MORE THAN 57 MPH...OR HAIL ONE
INCH OR LARGER.

&&

LAT...LON 4093 7489 4057 7492 4066 7537 4082 7536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 265DEG 18KT 4074 7530

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
809 
WWUS51 KPHI 242132
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
532 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

NJC019-041-PAC095-242200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130624T2200Z/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
532 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN NORTHAMPTON...NORTHWESTERN HUNTERDON AND SOUTHERN WARREN
COUNTIES...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TATAMY AND EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARMONY AND ALPHA AROUND 540 PM EDT...
ROXBURG AND BLOOMSBURY AROUND 550 PM EDT...
BELVIDERE AROUND 555 PM EDT...
BRASS CASTLE AND PLEASANT VALLEY AROUND 600 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4084 7526 4093 7489 4057 7492 4064 7528
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 265DEG 18KT 4075 7521

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester53 min
Jun 24, 2:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware3 hr
Jun 24, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia58 min
Jun 24, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton50 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton40 min
Jun 24, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester50 min
Jun 24, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia58 min
Jun 24, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth52 min
Jun 24, 3:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more3 hr
Jun 24, 3:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean3 hr
Jun 24, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jun 24, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean59 min
Jun 24, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean62 min
Jun 24, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon31 min
Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex31 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.