Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 5:06 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 5, 2016, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stillwater, NJ | DOWNED TREES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jun 5, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fredon Twp, NJ | TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KPHI 052106
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-041-PAC095-052200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0044.160605T2106Z-160605T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 505 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DELAWARE WATER GAP TO TATAMY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...DOVER...HOPATCONG...HACKETTSTOWN...WHARTON...WASHINGTON...
ROCKAWAY...BLAIRSTOWN...BANGOR...MOUNT ARLINGTON...FRANKLIN...MENDHAM...
STANHOPE...HAMBURG...NETCONG...BELVIDERE...HARMONY...OXFORD...OGDENSBURG
AND HOPE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IN ADDITION TO 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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4109 7450 4104 7450 4105 7445 4102 7443
4102 7440 4075 7455 4074 7480 4078 7490
4073 7495 4071 7530 4094 7519 4095 7515
4097 7512 4099 7513 4104 7503 4109 7497
4118 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 261DEG 34KT 4099 7512 4072 7527
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSE1 follow-up statement
561
WWUS51 KPHI 052130
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
PAC095-052139-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160605T2200Z/
NORTHAMPTON PA-
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING ARE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
LAT...LON 4109 7450 4104 7450 4105 7445 4102 7443
4102 7440 4075 7455 4074 7480 4078 7490
4073 7495 4073 7508 4109 7497 4118 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 255DEG 42KT 4105 7481 4078 7496
$$
NJC027-037-041-052200-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160605T2200Z/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WARREN...SOUTHERN SUSSEX AND CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTIES...
AT 529 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEWTON TO WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON...DOVER...HOPATCONG...HACKETTSTOWN...WHARTON...WASHINGTON...
ROCKAWAY...BLAIRSTOWN...MOUNT ARLINGTON...FRANKLIN...MENDHAM...STANHOPE...
HAMBURG...NETCONG...OXFORD...OGDENSBURG...HOPE...CHESTER...VICTORY GARDENS
AND ANDOVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4109 7450 4104 7450 4105 7445 4102 7443
4102 7440 4075 7455 4074 7480 4078 7490
4073 7495 4073 7508 4109 7497 4118 7440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 255DEG 42KT 4105 7481 4078 7496
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 87 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 118 min | |
| Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 86 min |
| Jun 5, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 38 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.