Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2021, 6:59 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 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
- Sep 1, 2021, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lawrence Twp, NJ | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN LAWRENCEVILLE TOWNSHIP. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Sep 1, 7:32 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 W West Windsor Twp., NJ | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG EMMONS DRIVE ALONG ROUTE 1 IN PRINCETON, NJ AS A REMNANT SUPERCELL MOVED NORTHWARD AFTER PRODUCING THE MULLICA HILL AND BURLINGTON, NJ TORNADOES EARLIER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS IDA`S REMNANTS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. DAMAGE FIRST O |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KPHI 012259
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-023-025-027-035-PAC017-020000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0293.210901T2259Z-210902T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
659 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
Southeastern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
Mercer County in central New Jersey...
Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
North central Monmouth County in central New Jersey...
Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 659 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from White House Station to Lawrenceville, moving
northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville,
Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South
Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Ewing, Carteret, Madison,
Middlesex, Princeton, Florham Park and East Hanover.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 13.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 13 and 42.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 45 and 51.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 64 and 76.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 40.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 117 and 134.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central,
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central,
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.
&&
LAT...LON 4014 7496 4063 7500 4091 7427 4087 7433
4074 7437 4067 7446 4065 7440 4060 7446
4060 7421 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426
4050 7428 4047 7427 4044 7420 4046 7418
4045 7413 4042 7412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 230DEG 57KT 4062 7475 4031 7472
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JEO2 follow-up statements
787
WWUS51 KPHI 012350
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
750 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
NJC019-021-023-025-027-035-PAC017-020000-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-210902T0000Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Morris NJ-Mercer NJ-Somerset NJ-Monmouth NJ-
Middlesex NJ-Bucks PA-
750 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS...MERCER...
SOMERSET...NORTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS
COUNTIES...
At 750 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Cloverhill to Palmyra, moving southwest at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville,
Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South
Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Ewing, Carteret, Madison,
Middlesex, Princeton, Florham Park and East Hanover.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 13.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 21 and 42.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 45 and 51.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 64 and 76.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 40.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 117 and 134.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central,
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4014 7496 4045 7498 4070 7479 4091 7427
4087 7433 4074 7437 4067 7446 4065 7440
4060 7446 4060 7421 4056 7421 4055 7425
4050 7426 4050 7428 4047 7427 4044 7420
4046 7418 4045 7413 4042 7412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 032DEG 42KT 4049 7476 4000 7503
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Staarmann710
WWUS51 KPHI 012354
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
754 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
NJC019-021-023-025-027-035-PAC017-020004-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-210902T0000Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Morris NJ-Mercer NJ-Somerset NJ-Monmouth NJ-
Middlesex NJ-Bucks PA-
754 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...
SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS...MERCER...SOMERSET...NORTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH...
MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM
EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central,
northern and northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.
LAT...LON 4014 7496 4045 7498 4070 7479 4091 7427
4087 7433 4074 7437 4067 7446 4065 7440
4060 7446 4060 7421 4056 7421 4055 7425
4050 7426 4050 7428 4047 7427 4044 7420
4046 7418 4045 7413 4042 7412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 230DEG 57KT 4052 7471 4003 7498
$$
JEOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:23 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 32 hr | |
| Sep 1, 3:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 41 hr | |
| Sep 1, 4:34 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 39 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Sep 1, 11:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 24 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 6 days |
| Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Essex, Morris, Passaic | 8 days |
| Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Essex, Morris, Passaic | 6 days |
| Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Essex, Passaic | 21 days |
| Sep 1, 4:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Passaic | 46 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 36 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 22 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 42 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 48 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:41 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 61 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 27 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Mercer | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 6:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Sep 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 11 min |
| Sep 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Sep 1, 6:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 116 min |
| Sep 1, 6:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia | 86 min |
| Sep 1, 12:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 9 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 36 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 43 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 41 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 39 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 24 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:02 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 24 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 19 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 25 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 24 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 15 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 4:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 22 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 29 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 17 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 6:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 26 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 14 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 13 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.