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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 20164 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 11, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2016, 4:39 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2016-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1804 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 2016-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
1804 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WUUS51 KPHI 112015
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-035-112100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0169.160811T2015Z-160811T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN 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...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 413 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAND
  BROOK... OR 14 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANDBROOK...CLOVERHILL...SKILLMAN...HOPEWELL.
  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4032 7459 4031 7489 4033 7493 4049 7497
      4059 7467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 257DEG 6KT 4042 7485 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
809 
WWUS51 KPHI 112039
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
439 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016

NJC019-021-023-035-112049-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-160811T2100Z/
MERCER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
439 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MERCER...
SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN
MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4032 7459 4031 7489 4033 7493 4049 7497
      4059 7467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 257DEG 6KT 4043 7479 

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 11:50 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 7 more32 hr
Aug 11, 3:24 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 7 more37 hr
Aug 11, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset3 hr
Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset7 hr

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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.