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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 21, 2026Morris County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Morris County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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
Jul 21, 2:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Budd Lake, NJ	Downed Tree on I-80 Westbound Ramp To Exit 25 - US 206 (Mount Olive Twp), All lanes closed. Time of damage estimated from radar.
Jul 21, 2:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 W Wharton, NJ	On the afternoon of July 21st, an EF-1 tornado occurred in the Lower Berkshire Valley section of Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey. The tornado began on the west side of Berkshire Valley Road, between the Morristown & Montclair-Boonton NJ Transit

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

651 
WFUS51 KPHI 211800
TORPHI
NJC027-211830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0011.260721T1800Z-260721T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
200 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Morris County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 230 PM EDT.

* At 200 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Budd Lake, or 13 miles south of Newton, moving
  east 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...
  Dover, Wharton, Rockaway, Mount Arlington, Netcong, Victory
  Gardens, Budd Lake, Succasunna, Succasunna-Kenvil, and White Meadow
  Lake.

This includes Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 27 and
36.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 4083 7477 4088 7477 4094 7453 4079 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 265DEG 21KT 4086 7474 

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

$$

Staarmann

2 follow-up statements

791 
WWUS51 KPHI 211810
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
210 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

NJC027-211830-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260721T1830Z/
Morris NJ-
210 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MORRIS COUNTY...

At 209 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Succasunna-Kenvil, or 10 miles northwest of
Morristown, moving east 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.

This dangerous storm will be near...  Dover, Wharton, Rockaway, 
Mount Arlington, and Victory Gardens around 215 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include White
Meadow Lake.

This includes Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 27 and
36.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 4083 7472 4089 7473 4094 7453 4079 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 266DEG 22KT 4086 7466 

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

$$

Staarmann

706 
WWUS51 KPHI 211818
SVSPHI

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
218 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

NJC027-211830-
/O.CON.KPHI.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-260721T1830Z/
Morris NJ-
218 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MORRIS COUNTY...

At 218 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dover, or 7 miles northwest of Morristown, moving
east 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.

This dangerous storm will be near...
  Rockaway, and Victory Gardens around 225 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include White
Meadow Lake.

This includes Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 29 and
36.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 4083 7468 4090 7468 4094 7453 4080 7451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 256DEG 21KT 4087 7459 

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

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 8:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	2 hr
Jul 21, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		59 min
Jul 21, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		46 min
Jul 21, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jul 21, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Morris, Sussex, Warren	53 min
Jul 21, 2:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Morris	50 min
Jul 21, 2:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Morris	3 hr
Jul 21, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon	37 min
Jul 21, 2:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	48 min
Jul 21, 3:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		54 min
Jul 21, 4:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	4 hr
Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester, Salem	47 min
Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		89 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset	55 min
Jul 21, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	46 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		2 hr
Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	45 min
Jul 21, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		2 hr
Jul 21, 5:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Cape May	26 min
Jul 21, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	39 min
Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		53 min
Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Cape May	36 min
Jul 21, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Jul 21, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean	41 min
Jul 21, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		94 min
Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		85 min
Jul 21, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	PHI	Ocean	12 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.