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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2026, 10:39 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 21 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 18, 2026, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 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 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KPHI 181439
SVRPHI
NJC037-041-PAC089-095-181530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0184.260718T1439Z-260718T1530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1039 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey...
Northwestern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
Central Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
Northeastern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 1130 AM EDT.
* At 1038 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stormville,
or 11 miles south of Mount Pocono, moving northeast at 35 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...
Newton, East Stroudsburg, Blairstown, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap,
Branchville, Stormville, Brodheadsville, Werry Lake, Millbrook,
Delaware Water Gap, Tannersville, Crandon Lakes, Hainesville,
Flatbrookville, Reeders, Saylorsburg, Analomink, Five Points, and
Echo Lake.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 303 and 314.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4109 7465 4085 7532 4096 7545 4115 7514
4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7500 4116 7490
4121 7486 4124 7486 4130 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1438Z 238DEG 32KT 4096 7530
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Guzzo2 follow-up statements
913
WWUS51 KPHI 181453
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1053 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
NJC037-041-PAC089-095-181530-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-260718T1530Z/
Sussex NJ-Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
1053 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX...NORTHWESTERN WARREN...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE
AND NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
At 1052 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over East
Stroudsburg, or 12 miles southeast of Mount Pocono, moving northeast
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Newton, East Stroudsburg, Branchville, Flatbrookville, Stormville,
Werry Lake, Millbrook, Analomink, Delaware Water Gap, Five Points,
Crandon Lakes, Echo Lake, Hainesville, Stroudsburg, Arlington
Heights, Shawnee, Marshalls Creek, Hidden Lake, and Bartonsville.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 305 and 314.
Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4109 7465 4090 7523 4099 7534 4115 7514
4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7500 4116 7490
4121 7486 4124 7486 4130 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1452Z 238DEG 32KT 4103 7515
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Guzzo661
WWUS51 KPHI 181500
SVSPHI
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1100 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
NJC037-041-PAC089-095-181509-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-260718T1530Z/
Sussex NJ-Warren NJ-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
1100 AM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4109 7465 4090 7523 4099 7534 4115 7514
4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7500 4116 7490
4121 7486 4124 7486 4130 7481
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 238DEG 32KT 4107 7507
$$
GuzzoThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 118 min | |
| Jul 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 118 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 45 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.