Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2001Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 10:50 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
Jun 11, 2001, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
40 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 02:56 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
Jun 11, 11:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Merchantville, NJ
Jun 11, 11:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Maple Shade, NJ
Jun 11, 11:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMt Holly, 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 703 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2001-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 120250
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-120330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1050 PM EDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.

* AT 1045 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 3 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WILLINGBORO...
  PALMYRA...
  MARLTON...
  LINDENWOLD...
  CHERRY HILL...
  CAMDEN...
  BERLIN...

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

$$

LAT...LON 3998 7513 3988 7514 3972 7489 4011 7475

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren38 min
Jun 12, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland45 min
Jun 12, 12:32 AM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland28 min
Jun 12, 12:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.