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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 20194 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2019, 5:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 73 min. 16 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
Jul 22, 2019, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2019, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
73 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 5:19 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGVera Cruz, PADOWNED TREE ON INTERSTATE 476 BETWEEN SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 78 INTERCHANGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Steuben, PADOWNED TREE CLOSED U.S. HIGHWAY 22 BETWEEN ROUTES 512 AND 191. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Earl Twp, PADOWNED TREE AT INTERSECTION OF KOCH ROAD AND IRONSTONE DRIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:28 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Succasunna, NJDOWNED TREE AND WIRES ON NJ-10 BOTH DIRECTIONS NEAR OF CANFIELD AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Williams Twp, PASTATE HIGHWAY 611 CLOSED BETWEEN BROWNS DRIVE AND CEDARVILLE ROAD FROM DOWNED TREES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Phillipsburg, NJDOWNED TREE ON THIRD STREET IN PHILLIPSBURG. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Phillipsburg, NJDOWNED STREET LIGHT AT INTERSECTION OF MEMORIAL PARKWAY AND BATES STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSalisbury Twp, PAWATER RESCUE FROM A VEHICLE REPORTED.
Jul 22, 5:34 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Phillipsburg, NJDOWNED TREE AND WIRES ON BARRYMORE STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Stewartsville, NJDOWNED TREE ACROSS PROSPECT STREET NEAR MAIN STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Richlandtown, PAMULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG WITH ONE OR MORE HOUSES POSSIBLY ON FIRE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 E Port Murray, NJSEVERAL DOWNED TREES ON ROUTE 57. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 5:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRandolph, Nj, NJCOUNTY ROUTE 10 IMPASSABLE DUE TO TREES BETWEEN RANDOLPH AND LEDGEWOOD.
Jul 22, 5:51 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nnw Mansfield Twp, NJDOWNED TREE AND WIRES ON MITCHELL ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLong Valley, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 6:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTewksbury Twp, NJDOWNED POWER LINES IN TEWKSBURY TWP. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Jul 22, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2019-07-22Temperature 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 2019-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

658 
WUUS51 KPHI 222117
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-035-041-PAC011-017-077-091-095-222230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0270.190722T2117Z-190722T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
517 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
  Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Southern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
  East central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 517 PM EDT, several severe thunderstorms were located along a 
  line extending from Washington to near Bally, moving east at 30 
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. Numerous reports of wind damage have 
           been received from Lehigh and Warren Counties with these 
           storms.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Allentown, Easton, Morristown, Bethlehem, Dover, Forks, Emmaus,
  Hackettstown, Quakertown, Perkasie, Byram, Wilson, Bedminster,
  Washington, Hellertown, Morris Plains, Mendham, Flemington,
  Mountain Lakes and Tinicum.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to
ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4088 7434 4036 7492 4035 7582 4089 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 247DEG 25KT 4076 7499 4043 7565 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CMS
2 follow-up statements
403 
WWUS51 KPHI 222155
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
555 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

PAC011-222204-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-190722T2230Z/
Berks PA-
555 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and eastern and southeastern
Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4088 7434 4036 7492 4035 7561 4089 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 275DEG 22KT 4086 7468 4038 7536 

$$

NJC019-027-035-041-PAC017-077-091-095-222230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-190722T2230Z/
Morris NJ-Hunterdon NJ-Warren NJ-Somerset NJ-Montgomery PA-Lehigh PA-
Bucks PA-Northampton PA-
555 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOUTHERN WARREN...NORTHWESTERN
SOMERSET...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH...
NORTHWESTERN BUCKS AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 554 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Succasunna to near Perkasie, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Law enforcement. Widespread wind damage has been reported 
         with these storms.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Easton, Morristown, Bethlehem, Dover, Forks, Hackettstown,
Quakertown, Perkasie, Byram, Wilson, Bedminster, Washington,
Hellertown, Morris Plains, Mendham, Flemington, Mountain Lakes,
Tinicum, High Bridge and East Greenville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. 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
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4088 7434 4036 7492 4035 7561 4089 7508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 275DEG 22KT 4086 7468 4038 7536 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CMS
069 
WWUS51 KPHI 222208
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
608 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

PAC077-091-095-222217-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-190722T2230Z/
Montgomery PA-Lehigh PA-Northampton PA-
608 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4036 7492 4035 7537 4037 7540 4089 7492
      4088 7434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 247DEG 25KT 4089 7458 4041 7526 

$$

NJC019-027-035-041-PAC017-222230-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-190722T2230Z/
Morris NJ-Hunterdon NJ-Warren NJ-Somerset NJ-Bucks PA-
608 PM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOUTHEASTERN WARREN...NORTHWESTERN
SOMERSET AND NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 607 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Wharton to near Perkasie, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Law enforcement. Widespread wind damage has been reported 
         in Warren, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties with these 
         storms.

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Morristown, Dover, Hackettstown, Quakertown, Perkasie, Byram,
Bedminster, Washington, Morris Plains, Mendham, Flemington, Mountain
Lakes, Tinicum, High Bridge, Clinton, Peapack And Gladstone, New
Hope, Oxford, Dublin and Glen Gardner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. 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
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4036 7492 4035 7537 4037 7540 4089 7492
      4088 7434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 247DEG 25KT 4089 7458 4041 7526 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren50 min
Jul 21, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren46 min
Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris25 min
Jul 21, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren51 min
Jul 21, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset48 min
Jul 21, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem47 min
Jul 21, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 21, 10:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem25 min
Jul 21, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 21, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth31 min
Jul 21, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean48 min
Jul 21, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden44 min
Jul 21, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren50 min
Jul 21, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean51 min
Jul 22, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI90 min
Jul 22, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer29 min
Jul 22, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean41 min
Jul 22, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren25 min
Jul 22, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex45 min
Jul 22, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren32 min
Jul 22, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren40 min
Jul 22, 2:58 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Jul 22, 3:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 22, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex48 min
Jul 22, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren7 hr
Jul 22, 3:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Jul 22, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren4 hr
Jul 22, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem59 min
Jul 22, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren51 min
Jul 22, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem114 min
Jul 22, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 22, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren44 min
Jul 22, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester41 min
Jul 22, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem61 min
Jul 22, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 22, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more80 min
Jul 22, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more3 hr
Jul 22, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 1 more40 min
Jul 22, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 22, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean51 min
Jul 22, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Jul 22, 6:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Jul 22, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI48 min
Jul 22, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset34 min
Jul 22, 6:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset4 hr
Jul 22, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jul 22, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean51 min
Jul 22, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jul 21, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester45 min
Jul 21, 9:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton2 hr
Jul 21, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton46 min
Jul 21, 10:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton3 hr
Jul 21, 10:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton3 hr
Jul 21, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh40 min
Jul 21, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery48 min
Jul 21, 10:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery59 min
Jul 21, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery40 min
Jul 21, 11:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton2 hr
Jul 22, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe40 min
Jul 22, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe30 min
Jul 22, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe34 min
Jul 22, 5:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHILehigh49 min
Jul 22, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe32 min
Jul 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester57 min
Jul 22, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe48 min
Jul 22, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks51 min
Jul 22, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware58 min
Jul 22, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton50 min
Jul 22, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton4 hr

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.