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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 20204 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2020, 8:13 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2020, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2020, 8:37 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2020-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 373 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2020-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

668 
WUUS51 KPHI 040013
SVRPHI
NJC005-019-021-023-PAC017-040100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0101.200704T0013Z-200704T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
813 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  North central Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 812 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Hope, or
  15 miles northwest of Trenton, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Trenton, Ewing, Princeton, Florence, Doylestown, Byram, Bordentown,
  Pennington, New Hope, Yardley, Newtown, Hopewell, Tullytown,
  Langhorne, Stockton, Washington Crossing, Windsor,
  Florence-Roebling, Plainsboro Center and Lumberville.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 6 and 7A.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike near mile marker 359.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 5.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 52 and 76.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.

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 this storm. Move indoors
immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough
to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4006 7476 4034 7514 4054 7502 4040 7474
      4037 7472 4038 7469 4030 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 306DEG 25KT 4035 7500 

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

SFJ
2 follow-up statements
828 
WWUS51 KPHI 040030
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
830 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020

NJC019-023-040038-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-200704T0100Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Middlesex NJ-
830 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
southeastern Hunterdon and southwestern Middlesex Counties. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A warning remains in 
effect for easter Middlesex County.

LAT...LON 4024 7458 4006 7476 4026 7503 4034 7495
      4034 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 306DEG 25KT 4028 7488 

$$

NJC005-021-PAC017-040100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-200704T0100Z/
Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Bucks PA-
830 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN MERCER...NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS
COUNTIES...

At 828 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Washington
Crossing, or 7 miles northwest of Trenton, moving southeast at 30
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...
Trenton, Ewing, Florence, Bordentown, Yardley, Newtown, Tullytown,
Langhorne, Washington Crossing, White Horse, Florence-Roebling,
Mercerville-Hamilton Square, Levittown, Woodside, Langhorn, Richboro,
Morrisville, Fieldsboro, Woodbourne and Yardville-Groveville.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 6 and 7A.
 Pennsylvania Turnpike near mile marker 359.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 5.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 52 and 66, and
between mile markers 70 and 76.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4024 7458 4006 7476 4026 7503 4034 7495
      4034 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 306DEG 25KT 4028 7488 

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

SFJ
613 
WWUS51 KPHI 040037
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
837 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020

NJC005-021-PAC017-040047-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-200704T0100Z/
Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Bucks PA-
837 PM EDT Fri Jul 3 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MERCER...NORTH
CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4024 7458 4006 7476 4026 7503 4034 7495
      4034 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 306DEG 25KT 4024 7481 

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer37 min
Jul 3, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth41 min
Jul 3, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer31 min
Jul 3, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 3, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington31 min
Jul 3, 9:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset4 hr
Jul 3, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth25 min
Jul 3, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden52 min
Jul 3, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean60 min
Jul 3, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jul 3, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jul 3, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem46 min
Jul 3, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 4, 3:52 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.