Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 5:53 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | South Plainfield, NJ | 3 BLOCK RADIUS... 20 TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 5, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | South Plainfield, NJ | SMALL TREES AND LIMBS ON STREETS. |
| Jun 5, 6:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | Perth Amboy, 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.
| 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 052153
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-027-035-PAC017-052245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0046.160605T2153Z-160605T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
553 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EAST CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 552 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ROCKAWAY TO MENDHAM TO NEAR FLEMINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE...
SOMERSET...EDISON...OLD BRIDGE...EAST BRUNSWICK...BRIDGEWATER...SOUTH
BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...EWING...CARTERET...DOVER...
MADISON...MIDDLESEX...PRINCETON AND FLORHAM PARK.
AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FAST MOVING SQUALL
LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7428 4047 7426
4022 7451 4020 7455 4031 7511 4073 7468
4105 7446 4102 7443 4100 7430 4090 7427
4091 7433 4083 7433 4076 7438 4075 7436
4067 7446 4065 7440 4060 7446 4060 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 243DEG 55KT 4090 7453 4077 7461 4055 7485
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GORSE1 follow-up statement
743
WWUS51 KPHI 052207
SVSPHI
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
607 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
NJC019-021-023-027-035-PAC017-052245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160605T2245Z/
MERCER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MORRIS NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-BUCKS PA-
607 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MERCER...SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...EASTERN MORRIS...
MIDDLESEX AND EAST CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES...
AT 606 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RIVERDALE TO CHATHAM TO NEAR PENNINGTON...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE...
SOMERSET...EDISON...OLD BRIDGE...EAST BRUNSWICK...BRIDGEWATER...SOUTH
BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...EWING...CARTERET...DOVER...
MADISON...MIDDLESEX...PRINCETON AND FLORHAM PARK.
AREAS OF DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FAST MOVING SQUALL
LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7428 4047 7426
4022 7451 4020 7455 4029 7503 4073 7468
4102 7443 4100 7430 4090 7427 4091 7433
4083 7433 4076 7438 4075 7436 4067 7446
4065 7440 4060 7446 4060 7421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 255DEG 51KT 4099 7430 4076 7437 4036 7485
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 54 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, 5:58 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.