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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 2016Middlesex County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 4:07 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 min. 4 reports 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 18, 2016, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 4:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWarren Twp, NJSEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN... SOME INTO ROADWAYS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 18, 4:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSouth Plainfield, NJTREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEdison Twp, NJTREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Jul 18, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGIselin, NJTREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN.

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
Jul 18, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

492 
WUUS51 KPHI 182007
SVRPHI
NJC023-027-035-182045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0112.160718T2007Z-160718T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
407 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 407 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  SOMERVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...SOMERVILLE...SOMERSET...EDISON...
  EAST BRUNSWICK...BRIDGEWATER...SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...
  CARTERET...MADISON...MIDDLESEX...BOUND BROOK...MANVILLE...
  CHATHAM...PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE...FAR HILLS...MILLSTONE...
  SOCIETY HILL AND NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
      4046 7425 4042 7466 4069 7471 4077 7437
      4075 7436 4074 7437 4067 7446 4066 7445
      4066 7441 4065 7440 4060 7446 4060 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 260DEG 37KT 4059 7460 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:04 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Jul 18, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex63 min
Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon39 min
Jul 18, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon50 min
Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester49 min
Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem56 min
Jul 18, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem46 min
Jul 18, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem38 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jul 18, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden43 min
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 18, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jul 18, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Salem53 min
Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 min
Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean24 min
Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 18, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 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.