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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 3, 2000Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2000, 7:19 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2000, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2000, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 7:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECentral Portion, NJ
Aug 3, 7:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EHaddon Hgts, NJ

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2000-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 926 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2000-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 032319
SVRPHL
NJC007-015-032345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
719 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  NORTH CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.

* AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... OVER TURNERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAGNOLIA AT 725 PM.
  LINDENWOLD AT 730 PM.
  CHERRY HILL AT 735 PM.
  BERLIN AT 740 PM.
  CHESILHURST AT 745 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.


FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.
$$
JJM/JAE/JAQ

LAT...LON 3986 7520 3968 7515 3973 7480 3992 7502

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.