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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 5, 20165 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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.

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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
Jun 5, 6:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSouth Plainfield, NJ3 BLOCK RADIUS... 20 TREES DOWN.
Jun 5, 6:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSouth Plainfield, NJSMALL TREES AND LIMBS ON STREETS.
Jun 5, 6:43 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 48Perth 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-06-05Temperature 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 2016-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

640 
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
 
$$

GORSE
1 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
 
$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic43 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren54 min
Jun 5, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem52 min
Jun 5, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem47 min
Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean42 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton86 min
Jun 5, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton46 min
Jun 5, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery38 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.