Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2023, 5:34 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 8, 2023, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2023, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 8, 5:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Belvidere, NJ | Reports of trees and power lines down in Belvidere. Time estimated from radar. |
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 8, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2469 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
310
WUUS51 KPHI 082134
SVRPHI
NJC041-PAC089-095-082215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0340.230908T2134Z-230908T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
534 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
South central Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 534 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Belfast, or
near Easton, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
* Locations impacted include...
Easton, Forks, Wilson, Nazareth, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap,
Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Alpha, Belfast, Tatamy, East Bangor,
Stormville, Roxburg, Columbia, Phillipsburg, Stroudsburg and
Roseto.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 78 in New Jersey near mile marker 0.
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 308 and 310.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 4 and 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4066 7517 4075 7537 4100 7524 4086 7493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 213DEG 10KT 4078 7523
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MLB2 follow-up statements
303
WWUS51 KPHI 082151
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
551 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023
NJC041-PAC089-095-082215-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-230908T2215Z/
Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
551 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL WARREN...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
At 551 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near East Bangor, or
11 miles north of Easton, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Belfast,
East Bangor, Stormville, Roxburg, Columbia, Stroudsburg, Roseto,
Portland and Arlington Heights.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 308 and 310.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 4 and 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4070 7512 4082 7533 4100 7524 4086 7493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 218DEG 13KT 4084 7515
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MLB505
WWUS51 KPHI 082211
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
611 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023
NJC041-PAC089-095-082221-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0340.000000T0000Z-230908T2215Z/
Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
611 PM EDT Fri Sep 8 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WARREN...SOUTH
CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northwestern New Jersey...and eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mount Holly NJ.
LAT...LON 4070 7512 4082 7533 4100 7524 4086 7493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 213DEG 10KT 4089 7511
$$
MLBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 40 min | |
| Sep 8, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 24 min |
| Sep 8, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min | |
| Sep 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 2:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 18 min | |
| Sep 8, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 63 min |
| Sep 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 34 min |
| Sep 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Lehigh | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 18 min |
| Sep 7, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 10:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 76 min |
| Sep 7, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.