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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 17, 2000Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 2000, 7:55 AM EST for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 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
Dec 17, 2000, 7:55 AM EST (12:55 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 2000, 8:30 AM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 17, 8:00 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EBlackwood, NJ
Dec 17, 8:10 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 56 MMarlton, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 17, 7:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 12:00Z on 2000-12-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-12-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 582 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
603 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 171256
SVRPHL
NJC005-007-171330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
755 AM EST SUN DEC 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN AND CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.      
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 830 AM EST.

* AT 747 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WILLINGBORO...
  MOUNT HOLLY...
  MEDFORD...
  MARLTON...
  MAGNOLIA...
  LINDENWOLD...
  CHERRY HILL...
  BERLIN...

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

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

RNS/

LAT...LON 3977 7511 3968 7493 4014 7464 4005 7494

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 6:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren3 hr
Dec 17, 7:42 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer3 hr
Dec 17, 9:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem35 min
Dec 17, 10:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr
Dec 17, 11:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer3 hr
Dec 17, 11:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren3 hr
Dec 17, 11:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex28 min
Dec 17, 11:50 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Dec 17, 12:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean34 min
Dec 17, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.