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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 20204 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 22, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2020, 4:19 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4:01 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHackettstown, NJSEVERAL REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HACKETTSTOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 22, 4:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Allamuchy-Panther, NJSEVERAL REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN IN ALLAMUCHY 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, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2020-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2020-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

543 
WUUS51 KPHI 221950
SVRPHI
NJC019-027-037-041-222030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0154.200722T1950Z-200722T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
350 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
  Northeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  South central Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Central Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 349 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Great
  Meadows-Vienna, or 17 miles southwest of Newton, moving east at 25
  mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  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...
  Hopatcong, Hackettstown, Wharton, Washington, Mount Arlington,
  Stanhope, Netcong, Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Glen Gardner,
  Chester, Hampton, Califon, Brass Castle, Long Valley, Great
  Meadows-Vienna, Allamuchy-Panther Valley, Succasunna and Pleasant
  Valley.

This includes Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 17 and
33.
 
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 4067 7477 4071 7517 4090 7503 4098 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 255DEG 24KT 4084 7491 

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

CMS
1 follow-up statement
220 
WWUS51 KPHI 222019
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
419 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020

NJC019-027-037-041-222029-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-200722T2030Z/
Morris NJ-Hunterdon NJ-Sussex NJ-Warren NJ-
419 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS...
NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTH CENTRAL SUSSEX AND CENTRAL WARREN
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 small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and eastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4067 7477 4071 7517 4090 7503 4098 7452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 255DEG 24KT 4089 7465 

$$

Meola

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jul 22, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren50 min
Jul 22, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex30 min
Jul 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Warren42 min
Jul 22, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris57 min
Jul 22, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset49 min
Jul 22, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren59 min
Jul 22, 5:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
Jul 22, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester57 min
Jul 22, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset65 min
Jul 22, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jul 22, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem51 min
Jul 22, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren60 min
Jul 22, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem48 min
Jul 22, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset52 min
Jul 22, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem44 min
Jul 22, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI28 min
Jul 22, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset113 min
Jul 22, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI41 min
Jul 22, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jul 22, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more52 min
Jul 22, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean47 min
Jul 22, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 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.