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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 20194 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2019, 4:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2019, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2019, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2019-05-30Temperature 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 2019-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 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
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

488 
WUUS51 KPHI 302036
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-025-029-PAC017-302115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0105.190530T2036Z-190530T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
436 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Northeastern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 435 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over
  Florence-Roebling, or near Trenton, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to 
           roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include...
  Trenton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Bordentown, Tullytown,
  Allentown, Crosswicks, White Horse, Florence-Roebling, Imlaystown,
  Cream Ridge, Levittown, Columbus, Georgetown, Mercerville-Hamilton
  Square, Fieldsboro, New Egypt, Yardville-Groveville and McGuire
  AFB.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4010 7485 4017 7487 4025 7451 4002 7448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 265DEG 16KT 4013 7479 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SFJ
2 follow-up statements
428 
WWUS51 KPHI 302052
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
452 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

NJC005-021-025-029-PAC017-302115-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-190530T2115Z/
Ocean NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Monmouth NJ-Bucks PA-
452 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...
SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 451 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bordentown, or
near Trenton, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Florence, Bordentown, Allentown, Crosswicks, White Horse,
Florence-Roebling, Imlaystown, Cream Ridge, Columbus, Georgetown,
Mercerville-Hamilton Square, Fieldsboro, New Egypt,
Yardville-Groveville and McGuire AFB.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 7481 4017 7478 4025 7451 4002 7448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 265DEG 16KT 4014 7469 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SFJ
893 
WWUS51 KPHI 302107
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
507 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

NJC005-021-025-029-PAC017-302117-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-190530T2115Z/
Ocean NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Monmouth NJ-Bucks PA-
507 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN
MERCER...NORTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
southern and central New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4009 7481 4017 7478 4025 7451 4002 7448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 265DEG 16KT 4015 7461 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
May 29, 8:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean107 min
May 29, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
May 30, 3:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more18 hr
May 30, 3:33 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer4 hr
May 30, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
May 30, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
May 30, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren35 min
May 30, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren50 min
May 30, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem29 min
May 30, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren42 min
May 30, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
May 30, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more4 hr
May 30, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 30, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren4 hr
May 30, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem31 min
May 30, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth4 hr
May 30, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren40 min
May 30, 5:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
May 30, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer37 min
May 30, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May43 min
May 30, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
May 30, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
May 30, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset31 min
May 30, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset4 hr
May 30, 6:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset4 hr
May 30, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer25 min
May 30, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer34 min
May 29, 8:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBucks11 hr
May 29, 9:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHILehigh2 hr
May 30, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks27 min
May 30, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware23 min
May 30, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia28 min
May 30, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.