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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 2002Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2002, 7:47 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2002, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cape May County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 8:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MCape May, 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2002-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2002-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -217 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-115 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.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 142347
SVRPHI
NJC009-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
747 PM EDT TUE MAY 14 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.

* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBINE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODBINE NEAR 755 PM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

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

$$

LAT...LON 3918 7490 3914 7475 3926 7466 3929 7486

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
May 13, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
May 13, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
May 13, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
May 13, 11:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr
May 13, 11:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
May 14, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
May 14, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
May 14, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
May 14, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
May 14, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
May 14, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem36 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington32 min
May 14, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland49 min
May 14, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
May 14, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
May 14, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington23 min
May 14, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean28 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.