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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2021Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT for Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 min. 6 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 2, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 2, 6:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGStroudsburg, PATREE DOWN ON A HOUSE ON BRYANT ST. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. REPORT VIA BROADCAST MEDIA AND CONFIRMED BY COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.
Jul 2, 6:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBelvidere, NJLARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON MARKET ST. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA WITH PHOTO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wsw Liberty Twp, NJA TREE OR LIMBS WERE DOWNED INTO WIRES WITH A POWER OUTAGE NEAR MOUNTAIN LAKE RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 7:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Allamuchy-Panther, NJTREE OR LIMBS DOWN INTO WIRES ON WATERLOO RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 7:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Hackettstown, NJTREE DOWN ON WIRES WITH FIRE SHOWING NEAR THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FACILITY ON WILLOW GROVE ST. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Frelinghuysen Twp, NJDOWNED TREE ON JOHNSONBURG RD BLOCKING THE ROAD. 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

421 
WUUS51 KPHI 022253
SVRPHI
NJC027-037-041-PAC089-095-022345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0120.210702T2253Z-210702T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
653 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Morris County in northern New Jersey...
  Southwestern Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Southeastern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 653 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over East Bangor,
  or 14 miles north of Easton, moving east at 15 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...
  East Stroudsburg, Hackettstown, Washington, Blairstown, Bangor, Pen
  Argyl, Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Hope, East Bangor, Brass Castle,
  Stormville, Werry Lake, Greendell, Millbrook, Delaware Water Gap,
  Long Valley, Great Meadows-Vienna and Allamuchy-Panther Valley.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 307 and 314.
 Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4078 7476 4077 7486 4078 7488 4078 7490
      4076 7491 4073 7524 4105 7528 4109 7503
      4108 7503 4109 7500 4112 7482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 261DEG 15KT 4089 7513 

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

Fitzsimmons
2 follow-up statements
959 
WWUS51 KPHI 022317
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
717 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

PAC089-022322-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210702T2345Z/
Monroe PA-
717 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4078 7509 4100 7512 4110 7482 4080 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 262DEG 18KT 4090 7497 

$$

NJC027-037-041-PAC095-022345-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210702T2345Z/
Morris NJ-Sussex NJ-Warren NJ-Northampton PA-
717 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL MORRIS...SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX...WARREN AND
NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 712 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hope, or 15
miles southwest of Newton, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. In addition, there have been multiple 
         reports of downed trees over southern Monroe County from 
         around Bartonsville to Stroudsburg. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Hackettstown, Blairstown, Belvidere, Oxford, Hope, Great
Meadows-Vienna, Allamuchy-Panther Valley, Greendell, Five Points,
Columbia, Beatyestown, Long Valley, Portland and Beattyestown.

This includes Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 3 and
21.
 
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 4078 7509 4100 7512 4110 7482 4080 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 262DEG 18KT 4090 7497 

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

Fitzsimmons
711 
WWUS51 KPHI 022343
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
743 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

NJC027-037-041-PAC095-022353-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210702T2345Z/
Morris NJ-Sussex NJ-Warren NJ-Northampton PA-
743 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MORRIS...
SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX...WARREN AND NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4078 7509 4100 7512 4110 7482 4080 7476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 261DEG 15KT 4092 7480 

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware, Philadelphia119 min
Jul 2, 4:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia5 hr
Jul 2, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon46 min
Jul 2, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton46 min
Jul 2, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton48 min
Jul 2, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia3 hr
Jul 1, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem29 min
Jul 1, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Jul 2, 4:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICumberland6 hr
Jul 2, 10:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICumberland6 hr
Jul 2, 12:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Salem97 min
Jul 2, 1:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester, Salem59 min
Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem116 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI31 hr
Jul 2, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex28 min
Jul 2, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren50 min
Jul 2, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland42 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.