Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Washington, NJ | WIRES BLOWN DOWN...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2757 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
477 WUUS51 KPHI 140027 SVRPHI NJC019-027-037-041-PAC095-140115- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0173.160814T0027Z-160814T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 827 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... EAST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 827 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROXBURG...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF EASTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPATCONG...HACKETTSTOWN...WHARTON...WASHINGTON... MOUNT ARLINGTON...MENDHAM...STANHOPE...NETCONG...BELVIDERE... HARMONY...OXFORD...GLEN GARDNER...CHESTER...HAMPTON...CALIFON... BLOOMSBURY...SUCCASUNNA...GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA... ROXBURG AND BEATYESTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4064 7511 4083 7521 4099 7465 4078 7452 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 248DEG 25KT 4076 7507 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ MWG
3 follow-up statements
365
WWUS51 KPHI 140047
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
847 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
PAC095-140057-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-160814T0115Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-
847 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4067 7499 4088 7501 4099 7465 4078 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 248DEG 25KT 4081 7490
$$
NJC019-027-037-041-140115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-160814T0115Z/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-
847 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTH CENTRAL
SUSSEX AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTIES...
AT 847 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
BEATYESTOWN...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPATCONG...HACKETTSTOWN...WHARTON...WASHINGTON...MOUNT ARLINGTON...
MENDHAM...STANHOPE...NETCONG...OXFORD...GLEN GARDNER...CHESTER...
HAMPTON...CALIFON...SUCCASUNNA...SUCCASUNNA-KENVIL...
GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA...BEATYESTOWN...BUDD LAKE...
ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY AND LONG VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 7499 4088 7501 4099 7465 4078 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 248DEG 25KT 4081 7490
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MWG773 WWUS51 KPHI 140103 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 903 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 NJC019-027-037-041-140115- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-160814T0115Z/ WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-MORRIS NJ- 903 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL WARREN...NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTIES... AT 902 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BUDD LAKE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOPATCONG...HACKETTSTOWN...WHARTON...MOUNT ARLINGTON...MENDHAM... STANHOPE...NETCONG...CHESTER...SUCCASUNNA...SUCCASUNNA-KENVIL... BEATYESTOWN...BUDD LAKE...ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY...LONG VALLEY... GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA AND BEATTYESTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4071 7481 4089 7489 4099 7465 4078 7452 TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 248DEG 25KT 4085 7477 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ MWG
562
WWUS51 KPHI 140113
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
913 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
NJC019-027-037-041-140122-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0173.000000T0000Z-160814T0115Z/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-
913 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WARREN...
NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4071 7481 4089 7489 4099 7465 4078 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 248DEG 25KT 4085 7477
$$
MWGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 1:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 10:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 49 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.