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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 25, 2016Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2016, 5:04 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 5:45 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 504 Sw Wantage, NJ

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 25, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2016-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 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 2016-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

757 
WUUS51 KPHI 252104
SVRPHI
NJC037-252145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0138.160725T2104Z-160725T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
504 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 504 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PECKS
  POND... OR 14 MILES WEST OF MONTAGUE...MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
  PORT JERVIS...NEWTON...MONTAGUE...FRANKLIN...HAMBURG...
  OGDENSBURG...SUSSEX...BRANCHVILLE...VERNON VALLEY...HIGH POINT...
  CRANDON LAKES...HAINESVILLE...PELLETTOWN...HIGHLAND LAKE...
  LAKE MOHAWK AND UPPER GREENWOOD LAKE.

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 4120 7437 4100 7460 4112 7495 4118 7488
      4121 7486 4123 7487 4128 7484 4132 7479
      4133 7476 4135 7475 4135 7472 4136 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 280DEG 43KT 4128 7507 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GORSE
1 follow-up statement
042 
WWUS51 KPHI 252131
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

NJC037-252145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160725T2145Z/
SUSSEX NJ-
531 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 530 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HAINESVILLE...OR NEAR MONTAGUE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING
         IS OCCURRING.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT JERVIS...NEWTON...MONTAGUE...FRANKLIN...HAMBURG...OGDENSBURG...
SUSSEX...BRANCHVILLE...VERNON VALLEY...HIGH POINT...CRANDON LAKES...
HAINESVILLE...PELLETTOWN...HIGHLAND LAKE...
LAKE MOHAWK AND UPPER GREENWOOD LAKE.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4100 7460 4112 7495 4118 7488
      4121 7486 4123 7487 4128 7484 4132 7479
      4133 7476 4135 7475 4135 7472 4136 7470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 287DEG 30KT 4121 7482 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer59 min
Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester51 min
Jul 25, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean63 min
Jul 25, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jul 25, 7:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jul 25, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean61 min
Jul 25, 8:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jul 25, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren53 min
Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren56 min
Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset38 min
Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset45 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren46 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren48 min
Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth47 min
Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden44 min
Jul 25, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset4 hr
Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset40 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Ocean62 min
Jul 25, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 25, 6:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington2 hr
Jul 25, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Ocean63 min
Jul 25, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden4 hr
Jul 25, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic37 min
Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean44 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.