Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min. 4 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 6, 2021, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:59 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Ene Edison, NJ | |
| Jul 6, 9:03 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 1 Ne Parlin, NJ | |
| Jul 6, 9:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | Sayreville, NJ | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jul 6, 9:05 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Parlin, NJ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
297
WUUS51 KPHI 070037
SVRPHI
NJC019-023-025-027-035-070130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0135.210707T0037Z-210707T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
837 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
Southeastern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
Northeastern Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 837 PM EDT, an area of severe thunderstorms were located along
a line extending from Peapack And Gladstone to White House Station
to Society Hill to near East Brunswick, moving east at 40 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...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Long Branch, Morristown, Somerville,
Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, East
Brunswick, Bridgewater, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret,
Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Madison, Middlesex and Red Bank.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 13.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 21 and 42.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 36.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 110 and 134.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 7397 4036 7441 4063 7485 4078 7468
4080 7437 4074 7437 4067 7446 4065 7440
4060 7446 4060 7421 4056 7421 4050 7428
4044 7420 4045 7413 4041 7399 4048 7402
4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 272DEG 33KT 4074 7466 4062 7477 4055 7447 4042
7437
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Staarmann1 follow-up statement
601
WWUS51 KPHI 070101
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
901 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
NJC019-023-025-027-035-070130-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0135.000000T0000Z-210707T0130Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Morris NJ-Somerset NJ-Monmouth NJ-Middlesex NJ-
901 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL HUNTERDON...SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS...SOMERSET...
NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...
At 901 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Martinsville to near Colonia to near East
Brunswick, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Long Branch, Morristown, Somerville,
Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick,
Bridgewater, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret, Tinton Falls,
Holmdel, Madison, Middlesex and Red Bank.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 13.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 21 and 42.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 36.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 110 and 134.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should seek shelter inside a well-built structure and away from
windows.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 7397 4036 7441 4063 7485 4078 7468
4080 7437 4074 7437 4067 7446 4065 7440
4060 7446 4060 7421 4056 7421 4050 7428
4044 7420 4045 7413 4041 7399 4048 7402
4047 7400 4043 7397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 270DEG 34KT 4063 7456 4057 7434 4043 7437
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
StaarmannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 82 min | |
| Jul 6, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 6, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 113 min | |
| Jul 6, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 10:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 19 min |
| Jul 6, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 6, 11:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 12:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 71 min |
| Jul 7, 12:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Jul 7, 11:19 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 18 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 42 hr |
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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.