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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 10, 20145 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2014-05-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

065 
WUUS51 KPHI 102005
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-023-025-029-PAC017-102100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0013.140510T2005Z-140510T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
405 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
  AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BORDENTOWN AND WHITE HORSE AROUND 410 PM EDT...
  CROSSWICKS AROUND 415 PM EDT...
  ALLENTOWN AND WINDSOR AROUND 420 PM EDT...
  IMLAYSTOWN AND HIGHTSTOWN AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  ROOSEVELT AND CLARKSBURG AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  MANALAPAN AND JACKSONS MILLS AROUND 435 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH
COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND COVER ROADS WITH WATER. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4041 7422 4015 7410 4001 7487 4014 7489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 243DEG 37KT 4011 7475

$$

NIERENBERG
2 follow-up statements
937 
WWUS51 KPHI 102033
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

NJC005-PAC017-102042-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140510T2100Z/
BUCKS PA-BURLINGTON NJ-
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4008 7455 4014 7459 4014 7462 4018 7468
      4018 7471 4020 7475 4041 7422 4017 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 243DEG 37KT 4024 7441

$$

NJC021-023-025-029-102100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140510T2100Z/
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
433 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...WESTERN MONMOUTH...SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX
AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 431 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 MANALAPAN...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FREEHOLD AND ENGLISHTOWN AROUND 440 PM EDT...
MARLBORO AND EAST FREEHOLD AROUND 445 PM EDT...
MORGANVILLE AND STRATHMORE AROUND 450 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4008 7455 4014 7459 4014 7462 4018 7468
      4018 7471 4020 7475 4041 7422 4017 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 243DEG 37KT 4024 7441

$$

NIERENBERG
173 
WWUS51 KPHI 102057
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
457 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

NJC021-023-025-029-102106-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140510T2100Z/
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
457 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...WESTERN
MONMOUTH...SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM EDT...

WIND GUSTS COULD STILL REACH 30 TO 35 MPH IN PORTIONS OF MONMOUTH 
COUNTY, BUT THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE.  

THEREFORE, THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4008 7455 4014 7459 4014 7462 4018 7468
      4018 7471 4020 7475 4041 7422 4017 7411
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 243DEG 37KT 4035 7412

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:20 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean6 hr
May 10, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex53 min
May 10, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset38 min
May 10, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex40 min
May 10, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden61 min
May 10, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden61 min
May 10, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris34 min
May 10, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon51 min
May 10, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 10, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset45 min
May 10, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.