Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 9, 2001Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2001, 8:50 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 9, 2001, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2001, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 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
Apr 9, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 218 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 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 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
218 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-432 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1819 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

594 
WUUS51 KPHI 100052
SVRPHL
NJC005-007-015-023-025-033-100130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
850 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN 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 930 PM EDT.

* AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 6 MILES WEST OF BORDENTOWN...MOVING EAST AT
  60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLEARBROOK PARK...DAYTON...EAST BRUNSWICK AT 855 PM.
  JAMESBURG AT 900 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE 
STRONGEST STORMS. ROOFS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BLOWN OFF HOMES IN
BUCKS COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren26 min
Apr 9, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer38 min
Apr 9, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth40 min
Apr 9, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden40 min
Apr 9, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland34 min
Apr 9, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.