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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 4, 2001Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2001, 6:38 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
Sep 4, 2001, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2001, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Salem County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 6:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 56 ECountywide, 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
Sep 4, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2001-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2001-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

294 
WUUS51 KPHI 042239
SVRPHI
NJC033-042330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
638 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

* AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... OVER PENNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SALEM...WOODSTOWN AT 645 PM.
  ALLOWAY AT 655 PM.
  ELMER AT 700 PM.

WINDS MAY EXCEDE 58 MPH WITH HALF INCH TO INCH SIZE HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN
NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

$$

LAT...LON 3974 7545 3961 7558 3945 7545 3959 7509

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon40 min
Sep 4, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset43 min
Sep 4, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester39 min
Sep 4, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex42 min
Sep 4, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth39 min
Sep 4, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean52 min
Sep 4, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland60 min
Sep 4, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean56 min
Sep 4, 7:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIOcean34 min

Nearby

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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.