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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 1, 20216 counties in New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 7:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLawrence Twp, NJTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN LAWRENCEVILLE TOWNSHIP. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Sep 1, 7:32 PM EDTTORNADO2 W West Windsor Twp., NJA 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 12:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-09-01Temperature 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 2021-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
-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

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The text

As transmitted.

484 
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

$$

JEO
2 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

$$

Staarmann
710 
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 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 3:23 AM EDTGale WarningPHI32 hr
Sep 1, 3:23 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI41 hr
Sep 1, 4:34 AM EDTRip Current StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean39 hr
Sep 1, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean47 min
Sep 1, 8:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean39 min
Sep 1, 9:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Sep 1, 11:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren3 hr
Sep 1, 4:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIWarren24 hr
Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren7 hr
Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset6 days
Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic8 days
Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic6 days
Sep 1, 4:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Passaic21 days
Sep 1, 4:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic46 hr
Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset36 hr
Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset22 hr
Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset42 hr
Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset48 hr
Sep 1, 4:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset61 hr
Sep 1, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer47 min
Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem9 hr
Sep 1, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMercer26 min
Sep 1, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland, Salem25 min
Sep 1, 5:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren10 hr
Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIGloucester, Salem33 min
Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset33 min
Sep 1, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset10 hr
Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren6 hr
Sep 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Sep 1, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset40 min
Sep 1, 6:22 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester23 min
Sep 1, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Camden33 min
Sep 1, 7:04 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPHIBurlington, Mercer26 min
Sep 1, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer11 min
Sep 1, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset47 min
Sep 1, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset4 hr
Sep 1, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Sep 1, 6:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware116 min
Sep 1, 6:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia86 min
Sep 1, 12:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Sep 1, 1:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh6 hr
Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery9 hr
Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMontgomery36 hr
Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester, Montgomery, Philadelphia43 hr
Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia41 hr
Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia39 hr
Sep 1, 3:55 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBerks24 hr
Sep 1, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMonroe24 hr
Sep 1, 4:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMonroe19 hr
Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton25 hr
Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHILehigh, Northampton24 hr
Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHICarbon15 hr
Sep 1, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester32 min
Sep 1, 4:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMontgomery22 hr
Sep 1, 4:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBucks29 hr
Sep 1, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery6 hr
Sep 1, 5:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester17 hr
Sep 1, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia30 min
Sep 1, 6:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware26 hr
Sep 1, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatPHIBucks8 hr
Sep 1, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh14 hr
Sep 1, 7:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIDelaware13 hr

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.