Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2002, 4:43 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 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
- May 13, 2002, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2002, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Pennsville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 132043 SVRPHI NJC011-033-132130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 444 PM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * UNTIL 530 PM EDT. * AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SALEM AT 450 PM. ALLOWAY...WOODSTOWN AT 500 PM. OLIVET...SEABROOK FARMS AT 505 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| May 12, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| May 12, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| May 12, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| May 12, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| May 12, 10:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| May 13, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Salem | 32 min |
| May 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 34 min |
| May 13, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 22 min |
| May 13, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 42 min |
| May 13, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 41 min |
| May 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 19 min |
| May 13, 5:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 92 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.