Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2016, 4:34 PM EDT for Bucks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 56 min. 8 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 25, 2016, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 25, 4:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | Newburg, PA | |
| Jul 25, 4:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Milford, NJ | COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS NOTED NUMEROUS TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY ALONG WITH DOWNED POLES. |
| Jul 25, 4:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Branchburg, NJ | PREAKNESS CIRCLE- CHIMNEY RIPPED OFF HOUSE AND 2 CARS THROWN 100 FEET. |
| Jul 25, 5:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Flemington, NJ | |
| Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Readington, NJ | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN READINGTON AND BRANCHBURG TOWNSHIPS |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Readington, NJ | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 25, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 1 E North Branch, NJ | |
| Jul 25, 5:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Martinsville, NJ | WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE VICINTY WASHINGTON VALLEY ROAD AND TULLO ROAD |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
250
WUUS51 KPHI 252034
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-035-037-041-PAC017-077-095-252130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0136.160725T2034Z-160725T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
434 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 433 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BANGOR TO SPRINGTOWN TO NEAR BECHTELSVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. FREQUENT
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...SOMERVILLE...BETHLEHEM...BRIDGEWATER...DOVER...
HOPATCONG...FORKS...MANVILLE...HACKETTSTOWN...WILSON...WHARTON...
WASHINGTON...ROCKAWAY...HELLERTOWN...NAZARETH...BANGOR...
MOUNT ARLINGTON...MENDHAM...FLEMINGTON AND HIGH BRIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4049 7458 4047 7545 4086 7529 4091 7524
4096 7448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 268DEG 32KT 4087 7520 4054 7530 4041 7566
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSE1 follow-up statement
069
WWUS51 KPHI 252106
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
NJC019-027-035-037-041-PAC017-077-095-252130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0136.000000T0000Z-160725T2130Z/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MORRIS NJ-
NORTHAMPTON PA-LEHIGH PA-BUCKS PA-
506 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WARREN...HUNTERDON...SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX...CENTRAL
SOMERSET...SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS...SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON...
SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH AND NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...
AT 506 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FLEMINGTON...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SOMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EASTON...SOMERVILLE...BRIDGEWATER...DOVER...HOPATCONG...MANVILLE...
HACKETTSTOWN...WHARTON...WASHINGTON...ROCKAWAY...HELLERTOWN...
MOUNT ARLINGTON...MENDHAM...FLEMINGTON...HIGH BRIDGE...STANHOPE...
NETCONG...CLINTON...BELVIDERE AND HARMONY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4049 7458 4047 7545 4089 7499 4096 7448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 268DEG 32KT 4055 7491
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 3:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 4:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 6:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 8:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jul 25, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 44 min |
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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.