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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 29, 20197 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2019, 5:39 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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: May 29, 2019, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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
May 29, 5:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Princeton, NJ	DOWNED UTILITY POLE AND WIRES ON NJ-27 IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT CR 571 AND WASHINGTON ST. ALL LANES CLOSED.
May 29, 6:30 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 41	1 Ene Manasquan, NJ	DELAYED REPORT FROM WEDNESDAY.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 29, 1:10 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

467 
WUUS51 KPHI 292139
SVRPHI
NJC005-019-021-023-025-029-035-PAC017-292245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0095.190529T2139Z-190529T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
539 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Northern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
  Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
  Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 538 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Flagtown to Burlington, moving east at 35 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...
  Toms River, Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Long Branch,
  Asbury Park, Somerville, Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Lakewood,
  Middletown, Old Bridge, Jackson, Howell, East Brunswick,
  Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville and North Brunswick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southern,
central and northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a
place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a basement or small
interior room.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4032 7397 4007 7404 4005 7409 4005 7405
      3980 7409 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
      3982 7416 4006 7493 4062 7473 4058 7421
      4055 7425 4046 7426 4042 7400 4048 7402
      4048 7401 4047 7399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 282DEG 31KT 4054 7467 4008 7484 

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

Iovino

1 follow-up statement

110 
WWUS51 KPHI 292212
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
612 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

NJC019-292221-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-190529T2245Z/
Hunterdon NJ-
612 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

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

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southern and
central New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4032 7397 4007 7404 4005 7409 4005 7405
      3980 7409 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
      3982 7416 4006 7493 4033 7483 4055 7425
      4046 7426 4042 7400 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4047 7399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 282DEG 31KT 4048 7433 4002 7450 

$$

NJC005-021-023-025-029-035-PAC017-292245-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-190529T2245Z/
Ocean NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Somerset NJ-Monmouth NJ-
Middlesex NJ-Bucks PA-
612 PM EDT Wed May 29 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR OCEAN...MERCER...NORTHERN BURLINGTON...SOUTH CENTRAL SOMERSET...
MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 611 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Sayreville to near Woodruff, moving east at 35 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...
Toms River, Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Long Branch, Asbury
Park, Sandy Hook, Lakewood, Middletown, Old Bridge, Jackson, Howell,
East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick,
Marlboro, Manalapan, Ewing and Tinton Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southern and
central New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted act quickly and move to a place
of safety inside a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small
interior room.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4032 7397 4007 7404 4005 7409 4005 7405
      3980 7409 4001 7409 3999 7414 3999 7411
      3982 7416 4006 7493 4033 7483 4055 7425
      4046 7426 4042 7400 4048 7402 4048 7401
      4047 7399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 282DEG 31KT 4048 7433 4002 7450 

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

Iovino

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Warren	37 min
May 28, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex	30 min
May 28, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		41 min
May 28, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May, Cumberland	55 min
May 28, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	25 min
May 28, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	61 min
May 28, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Cape May	78 min
May 28, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		61 min
May 28, 9:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Morris, Somerset	63 min
May 28, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		43 min
May 28, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	23 min
May 28, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		44 min
May 28, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic	12 min
May 28, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		58 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	45 min
May 28, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington	27 min
May 28, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	26 min
May 28, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	30 min
May 28, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	38 min
May 28, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		39 min
May 28, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Ocean	25 min
May 28, 11:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		48 min
May 29, 3:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more	18 hr
May 29, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	65 min
May 29, 3:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Hunterdon	37 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	4 hr
May 29, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	47 min
May 29, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	41 min
May 29, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	51 min
May 29, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	47 min
May 29, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Warren	27 min
May 29, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	51 min
May 29, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Morris	32 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Sussex	25 min
May 29, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	53 min
May 29, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer	67 min
May 29, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris	29 min
May 29, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
May 29, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	3 hr
May 29, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	34 min
May 29, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset	4 hr
May 29, 5:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth	27 min
May 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren	30 min
May 29, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		59 min
May 29, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	28 min
May 29, 6:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
May 29, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington	24 min
May 29, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean	61 min
May 29, 6:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean	3 hr
May 29, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		55 min
May 29, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem	52 min
May 29, 7:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more	3 hr
May 29, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		60 min
May 29, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		65 min
May 29, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean	42 min
May 29, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
May 28, 9:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	101 min
May 29, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	41 min
May 29, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Montgomery	34 min
May 29, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	60 min
May 29, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	27 min
May 29, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	46 min
May 29, 3:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh	28 min
May 29, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe, Northampton	46 min
May 29, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	46 min
May 29, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Lehigh	62 min
May 29, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	42 min
May 29, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	48 min
May 29, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	40 min
May 29, 4:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery	4 hr
May 29, 5:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	27 min
May 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	41 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	53 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.