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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2014Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 1:57 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 3, 2014, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2014, 2:21 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Washington Twp, PA	TREE DOWN ONTO WIRES ALONG ACKERMANVILLE ROAD IN WASHINGTON TWP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

616 
WFUS51 KPHI 031757
TORPHI
NJC041-PAC095-031830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0003.140703T1757Z-140703T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
157 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROXBURG...
  OR 10 MILES NORTH OF EASTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BELVIDERE BY 205 PM EDT...
  OXFORD BY 210 PM EDT...
  HOPE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLAIRSTOWN BY 225 PM EDT...
  GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA BY 230 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4102 7494 4084 7482 4082 7483 4076 7518
      4084 7523
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 245DEG 21KT 4083 7512

$$

HEAVENER

2 follow-up statements

550 
WWUS51 KPHI 031814
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
214 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

PAC095-031824-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T1830Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-
214 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4085 7482 4081 7508 4085 7506 4086 7505
      4090 7506 4092 7504 4098 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 245DEG 21KT 4087 7501

$$

NJC041-031830-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T1830Z/
WARREN NJ-
214 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WARREN COUNTY...

AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELVIDERE...OR 16
MILES NORTHEAST OF EASTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOPE BY 220 PM EDT...
  GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA BY 230 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4085 7482 4081 7508 4085 7506 4086 7505
      4090 7506 4092 7504 4098 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 245DEG 21KT 4087 7501

$$

HEAVENER

179 
WWUS51 KPHI 031821
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
221 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NJC041-031831-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140703T1830Z/
WARREN NJ-
221 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW
JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 4085 7482 4081 7508 4085 7506 4086 7505
      4090 7506 4092 7504 4098 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 245DEG 21KT 4089 7496

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 2, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	52 min
Jul 2, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth	56 min
Jul 2, 8:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	4 hr
Jul 2, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	57 min
Jul 2, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem	67 min
Jul 2, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	44 min
Jul 2, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	60 min
Jul 2, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden	112 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	62 min
Jul 2, 11:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington	3 hr
Jul 3, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		116 min
Jul 3, 12:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jul 3, 12:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	50 min
Jul 3, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	45 min
Jul 3, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		61 min
Jul 3, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more	56 min
Jul 3, 1:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	4 hr
Jul 3, 1:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean	53 min
Jul 3, 2:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jul 3, 2:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	56 min
Jul 3, 5:46 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		54 hr
Jul 3, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	38 min
Jul 3, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	52 min
Jul 3, 3:27 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	41 hr
Jul 3, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	49 min
Jul 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex	60 min
Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	54 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	55 min
Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	67 min
Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	44 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren	58 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 3, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon	55 min
Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	61 min
Jul 3, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	55 min
Jul 3, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren	65 min
Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	61 min
Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	4 hr
Jul 2, 10:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	67 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lebanon	45 min
Jul 3, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Carbon	52 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	24 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester	69 min
Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	35 min
Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	62 min
Jul 3, 6:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	28 min
Jul 3, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monroe	56 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	39 min
Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	66 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.