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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 1, 2021Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT for Bucks County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 11 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

410 
WFUS51 KPHI 012322
TORPHI
NJC019-021-PAC017-012345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0050.210901T2322Z-210901T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
722 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  West central Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 745 PM EDT.
    
* At 721 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Ivyland, or 15 miles west of Trenton, moving
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* Locations impacted include...
  Pennington, New Hope, Ivyland, Stockton, Richboro, Washington
  Crossing, Lambertville and Newtown Grant.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4019 7507 4025 7514 4041 7497 4033 7477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 227DEG 24KT 4024 7506 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

JEO
2 follow-up statements
558 
WWUS51 KPHI 012328
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
728 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

NJC019-021-PAC017-012345-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210901T2345Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Mercer NJ-Bucks PA-
728 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HUNTERDON...WEST CENTRAL MERCER AND EAST CENTRAL BUCKS
COUNTIES...
    
At 728 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Richboro, or 13 miles west of Trenton, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Pennington, New Hope, Stockton, Richboro, Washington Crossing,
Lambertville and Newtown Grant.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4022 7500 4029 7510 4041 7497 4033 7477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 227DEG 24KT 4027 7501 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

JEO
273 
WWUS51 KPHI 012333
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
733 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

NJC019-021-PAC017-012343-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210901T2345Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Mercer NJ-Bucks PA-
733 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUNTERDON...WEST CENTRAL
MERCER AND EAST CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for central and
northwestern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4022 7500 4029 7510 4041 7497 4033 7477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 227DEG 24KT 4029 7498 

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 6:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware116 min
Sep 1, 6:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia86 min
Sep 1, 11:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton3 hr
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, 4:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton24 hr
Sep 1, 4:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMonroe19 hr
Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton7 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, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia47 min
Sep 1, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia30 min
Sep 1, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia9 hr
Sep 1, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia26 min
Sep 1, 5:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks10 hr
Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks33 min
Sep 1, 6:08 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton6 hr
Sep 1, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks40 min
Sep 1, 6:22 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPHIPhiladelphia23 min
Sep 1, 6:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware26 hr
Sep 1, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks, Philadelphia33 min
Sep 1, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks61 min
Sep 1, 7:04 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatPHIBucks26 min
Sep 1, 7:05 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatPHIBucks8 hr
Sep 1, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh14 hr
Sep 1, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatPHIBucks4 hr
Sep 1, 7:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIDelaware13 hr
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, 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, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
Sep 1, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland, Salem25 min
Sep 1, 5:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIGloucester, Salem33 min
Sep 1, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset10 hr
Sep 1, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Sep 1, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset47 min
Sep 1, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.