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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2023Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2023, 11:19 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Mercer County, New Jersey; Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 2, 2023, 11:19 PM EDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
41 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, Bucks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

806 
WUUS51 KPHI 030319
SVRPHI
NJC019-021-PAC017-030400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0153.230703T0319Z-230703T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1119 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Western Mercer County in central New Jersey...
  Central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 1119 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gardenville,
  or 20 miles northwest of Trenton, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Trenton, Ewing, Doylestown, Byram, Tinicum, Pennington, New Hope,
  Yardley, Hopewell, Stockton, Washington Crossing, Sergeantsville,
  Pipersville, Gardenville, Lawrenceville, Lumberville, Woodside,
  Morrisville, Lambertville and Newtown Grant.

This includes Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 70
and 76.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4018 7476 4033 7518 4046 7514 4044 7476
      4037 7472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 281DEG 24KT 4036 7510 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Iovino
1 follow-up statement
522 
WWUS51 KPHI 030335
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1135 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

NJC019-021-PAC017-030400-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-230703T0400Z/
Hunterdon NJ-Mercer NJ-Bucks PA-
1135 PM EDT Sun Jul 2 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...WESTERN MERCER AND EAST CENTRAL BUCKS
COUNTIES...

At 1135 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Hope, or
13 miles northwest of Trenton, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Trenton, Ewing, Pennington, New Hope, Yardley, Hopewell, Stockton,
Washington Crossing, Lawrenceville, Woodside, Morrisville and
Lambertville.

This includes Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 70
and 76.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4018 7476 4031 7504 4041 7502 4044 7476
      4037 7472
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 281DEG 24KT 4034 7496 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 2, 8:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris4 hr
Jul 2, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI98 min
Jul 2, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jul 2, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 2, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset32 min
Jul 2, 11:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris2 hr
Jul 3, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington28 min
Jul 3, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean15 min
Jul 3, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 3, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 2, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks50 min
Jul 2, 10:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery83 min
Jul 3, 2:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILebanon31 min
Jul 3, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.