Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2016, 4:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 min. 6 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, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Upper Makefield Twp, PA | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 25, 4:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Amwell Twp, NJ | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hopewell Twp, NJ | TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jul 25, 4:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Washington Crossing, NJ | ROUTE 29 ALONG RIVER CLOSED TO WIRES AND TREES DOWN NEAR WASHINGTON CROSSING |
| Jul 25, 4:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | East Amwell Twp, NJ | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN |
| Jul 25, 4:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Branchburg, NJ | PREAKNESS CIRCLE- CHIMNEY RIPPED OFF HOUSE AND 2 CARS THROWN 100 FEET. |
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 178 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.
065 WUUS51 KPHI 252037 SVRPHI NJC019-021-023-035-PAC017-252115- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0137.160725T2037Z-160725T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 437 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 436 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTOWN...OR 11 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW HOPE...YARDLEY...WASHINGTON CROSSING...WASHINGTON CROSSING AND WOODSIDE AROUND 445 PM EDT. TRENTON AND PENNINGTON AROUND 450 PM EDT. LAWRENCEVILLE AROUND 455 PM EDT. HOPEWELL AND CLOVERHILL AROUND 500 PM EDT. PRINCETON...SKILLMAN AND PLAINSBORO CENTER AROUND 505 PM EDT. ROCKY HILL...BELLE MEAD...KINGSTON...FLAGTOWN AND PRINCETON MEADOWS AROUND 510 PM EDT. SOUTH BRUNSWICK...MANVILLE...MILLSTONE...KENDALL PARK...DAYTON AND NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP AROUND 515 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ROSSMOOR...PRINCETON JUNCTION...MONMOUTH JUNCTION...PRINCETON NORTH... WOODBOURNE...RARITAN...NEWTOWN GRANT...VILLAGE SHIRES...CHURCHVILLE AND LAMBERTVILLE. 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 4015 7500 4031 7515 4059 7465 4033 7441 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 238DEG 33KT 4028 7497 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ MEOLA
1 follow-up statement
944 WWUS51 KPHI 252057 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 457 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 NJC019-021-023-035-PAC017-252115- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-160725T2115Z/ MERCER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-BUCKS PA- 457 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR MERCER...SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET... SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX AND EAST CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES... AT 457 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOPEWELL...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... SKILLMAN AND CLOVERHILL AROUND 500 PM EDT. PRINCETON...ROCKY HILL AND PLAINSBORO CENTER AROUND 505 PM EDT. BELLE MEAD...KINGSTON...FLAGTOWN AND PRINCETON MEADOWS AROUND 510 PM EDT. SOUTH BRUNSWICK...MANVILLE...MILLSTONE...KENDALL PARK...DAYTON AND NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP AROUND 515 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ROSSMOOR...PRINCETON JUNCTION...MONMOUTH JUNCTION...PRINCETON NORTH... RARITAN...LAMBERTVILLE...HEATHCOTE AND CONCORDIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4020 7484 4039 7501 4059 7465 4033 7441 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 238DEG 33KT 4038 7476 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ MEOLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 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, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 44 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, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 4 hr |
| 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 |
| 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, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton | 56 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.