Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2015, 2:27 PM EST for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 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
- Nov 10, 2015, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2015, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302 WUUS51 KPHI 101927 SVRPHI NJC021-023-035-102000- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0119.151110T1927Z-151110T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 227 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 300 PM EST * AT 226 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER KINGSTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BRUNSWICK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW BRUNSWICK...SOMERSET...EAST BRUNSWICK...SOUTH BRUNSWICK... SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...MIDDLESEX...PRINCETON...BOUND BROOK...MANVILLE...HOPEWELL...ROCKY HILL...MILLSTONE...SOCIETY HILL...NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP...BELLE MEAD...KINGSTON...KENDALL PARK...DAYTON AND PLAINSBORO CENTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4027 7469 4039 7477 4057 7454 4046 7426 TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 234DEG 49KT 4037 7462 $$ JJM
1 follow-up statement
008
WWUS51 KPHI 101941
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
241 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015
NJC021-101950-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-151110T2000Z/
MERCER NJ-
241 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4035 7455 4041 7467 4057 7454 4046 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 234DEG 49KT 4048 7442
$$
NJC023-035-102000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-151110T2000Z/
SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
241 PM EST TUE NOV 10 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET AND CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
AT 240 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER NEW BRUNSWICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...SOMERSET...EAST BRUNSWICK...SOUTH BRUNSWICK...
SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...MIDDLESEX...BOUND BROOK...ROCKY
HILL...MILLSTONE...KENDALL PARK...DAYTON...SOCIETY HILL...NORTH
BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP...KINGSTON...SOUTH RIVER...HIGHLAND PARK...
MILLTOWN...SOUTH BOUND BROOK AND MONMOUTH JUNCTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 7455 4041 7467 4057 7454 4046 7426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 234DEG 49KT 4048 7442
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:35 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 20 hr | |
| Nov 10, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.