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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 13, 2000Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 8:54 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2000, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 9:40 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2226 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2000-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
2226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

338 
WUUS51 KPHI 140055
SVRPHL
DEC001-NJC005-007-011-015-033-140140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
854 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE.
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  WESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.   
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.   
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 940 PM EDT.

* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  AND CENTRAL DELAWARE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

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

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren52 min
May 13, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon52 min
May 13, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset41 min
May 13, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer41 min
May 13, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester35 min
May 13, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem35 min
May 13, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningPHISussex42 min
May 13, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth36 min
May 13, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMorris36 min
May 13, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester46 min
May 13, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth36 min
May 13, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.