Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 3:24 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
- May 27, 2002, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Marlton, NJ | |
| May 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 M | (Wri)Mc Guire Afb, NJ | |
| May 27, 3:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Glendale, NJ | |
| May 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Gibbsboro, 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 12:00Z, 7.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 271924 SVRPHI NJC005-007-272030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 323 PM EDT MON MAY 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * UNTIL 430 PM EDT. * AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 2 MILES NORTH OF BERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BERLIN... BROWNS MILLS... CHERRY HILL... MARLTON... MEDFORD... MOUNT HOLLY... PEMBERTON... WRIGHTSTOWN... HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. $$ LAT...LON 3985 7509 3971 7497 3987 7446 4016 7470 IOVINO
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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.