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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 8, 20164 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2016, 12:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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 8, 2016, 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2016, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 8, 12:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Branchburg, NJ	WIRES DOWN WITH TRANSFORMER FIRE
Jun 8, 12:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 53	Red Lion, NJ
Jun 8, 12:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Holmdel, NJ	LARGE TREE LIMBS/BRANCHES DOWN GREATER THAN EQUALS 2
Jun 8, 12:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Avon, NJ	TREES DOWN

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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

975 
WUUS51 KPHI 081604
SVRPHI
NJC021-023-025-035-081700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0053.160608T1604Z-160608T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1204 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1203 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR FLEMINGTON TO NEAR MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE
  TO BRISTOL...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...
  SOMERVILLE...SOMERSET...EDISON...MIDDLETOWN...OLD BRIDGE...HOWELL...EAST
  BRUNSWICK...SOUTH BRUNSWICK...SAYREVILLE...NORTH BRUNSWICK...MARLBORO...
  MANALAPAN...EWING...TINTON FALLS AND HOLMDEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4012 7402 4013 7424 4017 7426 4017 7441
      4013 7447 4019 7470 4016 7472 4023 7479
      4044 7475 4051 7479 4051 7478 4059 7472
      4053 7425 4050 7428 4049 7426 4041 7401
      4048 7401 4029 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 269DEG 23KT 4053 7488 4024 7471 4013 7487 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	49 min
Jun 8, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Warren	48 min
Jun 8, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		97 min
Jun 8, 11:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	37 min
Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	48 min
Jun 8, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset	42 min
Jun 8, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland	29 min
Jun 8, 12:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more	43 min
Jun 8, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	51 min
Jun 8, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		92 min
Jun 8, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean	38 min
Jun 8, 12:47 PM EDT	Gale Warning	PHI		8 hr
Jun 8, 12:47 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		45 hr
Jun 8, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth	28 min
Jun 8, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jun 8, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	50 min
Jun 8, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		83 min
Jun 8, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	27 min

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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.