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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 16, 20169 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2016, 1:11 PM EST for 9 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 94 min. 2 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
Feb 16, 2016, 1:11 PM EST (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2016, 2:45 PM EST
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 16, 2:00 PM ESTMARINE TSTM WIND 53Barnegat, NJ
Feb 16, 2:22 PM ESTMARINE TSTM WIND 54Tuckerton, NJ

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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2016-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 391 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

385 
WUUS51 KPHI 161811
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-019-021-023-025-027-029-035-161945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0002.160216T1811Z-160216T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
111 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 245 PM EST

* AT 108 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF THE DELAWARE RIVER MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS
  NEAR 60 MPH, WITH TREE AND WIRE DAMAGE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOMS RIVER...TRENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...ATLANTIC
  CITY...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...SOMERVILLE...SOMERSET...
  EDISON...LAKEWOOD...MIDDLETOWN...OLD BRIDGE...JACKSON...HOWELL...
  EAST BRUNSWICK...BRIDGEWATER...SOUTH BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE AND
  NORTH BRUNSWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3955 7426 3954 7440
      3956 7441 3935 7445 4068 7496 4079 7457
      4077 7437 4060 7446 4060 7421 4047 7427
      4043 7400 4048 7401 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 214DEG 35KT 4037 7428 

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
461 
WWUS51 KPHI 161917
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
217 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

NJC001-019-021-027-035-161923-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T1945Z/
MERCER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MORRIS NJ-
217 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MERCER...EASTERN HUNTERDON...
SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC...SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3955 7426 3956 7441
      4060 7438 4060 7421 4047 7427 4043 7400
      4048 7401 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 214DEG 35KT 4090 7381 

$$

NJC005-023-025-029-161945-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160216T1945Z/
MONMOUTH NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
217 PM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST
FOR MONMOUTH...EASTERN MIDDLESEX...OCEAN AND EASTERN BURLINGTON
COUNTIES...

AT 213 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS...SOME IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.THIS LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH THE COAST BY 230 PM.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...PERTH AMBOY...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...EDISON...
LAKEWOOD...MIDDLETOWN...OLD BRIDGE...JACKSON...HOWELL...EAST
BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE...MARLBORO...CARTERET...BARNEGAT...TINTON
FALLS...HOLMDEL...RED BANK...BEACHWOOD AND KEANSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3974 7419 3976 7410 3955 7426 3956 7441
      4060 7438 4060 7421 4047 7427 4043 7400
      4048 7401 4036 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 214DEG 35KT 4090 7381 

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 11:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Feb 16, 12:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more51 min
Feb 16, 12:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more49 min
Feb 16, 12:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 3 more46 min
Feb 16, 12:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem4 hr
Feb 16, 12:52 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Sussex and 1 more4 hr
Feb 16, 1:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset and 1 more116 min
Feb 16, 1:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Feb 16, 1:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren39 min
Feb 16, 1:22 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 9 more4 hr
Feb 16, 1:39 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Feb 16, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex38 min
Feb 16, 2:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI91 min
Feb 16, 3:43 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI60 hr

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.