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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 2015Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 5:41 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 12, 2015, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2015-06-12Temperature 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 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

114 
WUUS51 KPHI 122141
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC095-122230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0038.150612T2141Z-150612T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 540 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED OVER TATAMY...OR NEAR EASTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EASTON...FORKS...HACKETTSTOWN...WILSON...WASHINGTON...BLAIRSTOWN...
  NAZARETH...BANGOR...BELVIDERE...HARMONY...OXFORD...ALPHA...HOPE...
  BELFAST...WEST EASTON...TATAMY...EAST BANGOR...GLENDON...COLUMBIA
  AND GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4083 7482 4066 7510 4062 7530 4073 7536
      4107 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 244DEG 33KT 4073 7524 

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris34 min
Jun 12, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris55 min
Jun 12, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset37 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren28 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren67 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren33 min
Jun 11, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISchuylkill48 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh, Northampton52 min
Jun 11, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks27 min
Jun 11, 9:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHILehigh, Northampton4 hr
Jun 11, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks51 min
Jun 12, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery52 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery48 min
Jun 12, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton38 min
Jun 12, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton52 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.