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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 2019Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT for Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 17 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: Jul 31, 2019, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2019, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 31, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

347 
WUUS51 KPHI 311958
SVRPHI
NJC027-035-312015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0293.190731T1958Z-190731T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
358 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
  Northeastern Somerset County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 358 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chatham, or
  over Summit, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Morristown, Madison, Florham Park, East Hanover, Chatham, Morris
  Plains, Millington, Parsippany, Martinsville, North Plainfield,
  Watchung and Hanover Township.

This includes Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 30
and 42.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4083 7433 4079 7437 4076 7438 4075 7436
      4067 7446 4066 7445 4066 7440 4063 7442
      4060 7446 4059 7456 4085 7453 4088 7434
      4086 7432
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 260DEG 26KT 4074 7441 

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

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 3:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more	17 hr
Jul 31, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	28 min
Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington	5 hr
Jul 31, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer	45 min
Jul 31, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Jul 31, 1:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		86 min
Jul 31, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	33 min
Jul 31, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more	49 min
Jul 31, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Ocean	4 hr
Jul 31, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth	52 min
Jul 31, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean	46 min
Jul 31, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	46 min
Jul 31, 2:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 31, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	44 min
Jul 31, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth	52 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	40 min
Jul 31, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Jul 31, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	40 min
Jul 31, 3:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Monmouth	4 hr
Jul 31, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset	51 min
Jul 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	51 min
Jul 31, 3:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Ocean	2 hr
Jul 31, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth	41 min
Jul 31, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Jul 31, 4:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 31, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	38 min
Jul 31, 4:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	4 hr
Jul 31, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	28 min
Jul 31, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	44 min
Jul 31, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean, Salem	48 min
Jul 31, 5:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	25 min
Jul 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Jul 31, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	35 min
Jul 31, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		63 min
Jul 31, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
Jul 31, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		64 min
Jul 31, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Jul 31, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.