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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 20206 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2020, 12:10 AM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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 31, 2020, 12:10 AM EDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Burlington 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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 31, 12:43 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw North Brunswick, NJSEVERAL REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN NEAR ADAMS LANE IN NORTH BRUNSWICK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 31, 12:43 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw North Brunswick, NJCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 SSW NORTH BRUNSWICK. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN NEAR ADAMS LANE IN NORTH BRUNSWICK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2020-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2515 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 00:00Z on 2020-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

538 
WUUS51 KPHI 310410
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-023-025-029-035-PAC017-310500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0190.200731T0410Z-200731T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1210 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Ocean County in southern New Jersey...
  Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Northeastern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
  Southwestern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 100 AM EDT.

* At 1209 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bordentown,
  or 7 miles southeast of Trenton, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. This storm has a history of producing 
           scattered tree and power line damage.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Trenton, New Brunswick, Somerset, Old Bridge, Howell, East
  Brunswick, South Brunswick, North Brunswick, Manalapan, Ewing,
  Princeton, Jamesburg, Hightstown, Bordentown, Cranbury, Yardley,
  Tullytown, Allentown, Roosevelt and Wrightstown.

This includes the following highways...
 New Jersey Turnpike between exits 7 and 9.
 Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 25.
 Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 53 and 71.

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 3993 7461 4021 7488 4043 7459 4049 7449
      4023 7414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 234DEG 30KT 4013 7469 

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

JEO
1 follow-up statement
577 
WWUS51 KPHI 310454
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1254 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

NJC005-021-023-025-029-035-PAC017-310504-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-200731T0500Z/
Ocean NJ-Mercer NJ-Burlington NJ-Somerset NJ-Monmouth NJ-
Middlesex NJ-Bucks PA-
1254 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...MERCER...
NORTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN SOMERSET...SOUTHWESTERN
MONMOUTH...SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3993 7461 4021 7488 4043 7459 4049 7449
      4023 7414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 234DEG 30KT 4046 7428 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 30, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Jul 30, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Jul 30, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean40 min
Jul 30, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon50 min
Jul 30, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Warren54 min
Jul 31, 12:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer4 hr
Jul 31, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 1 more42 min
Jul 31, 12:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset4 hr
Jul 31, 1:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset35 min
Jul 31, 1:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset4 hr
Jul 30, 10:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester, Delaware49 min
Jul 30, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery40 min
Jul 30, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia50 min
Jul 30, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.