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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 16, 2003Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2003, 5:33 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 72 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2003, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2003, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cape May County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2003-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2896 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2003-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 162133
SVRPHI
NJC009-162245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIO GRANDE...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIO GRANDE AT 600 PM.
  CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE AT 605 PM.
  WILDWOOD AT 610 PM.
  AVALON...STONE HARBOR...NORTH WILDWOOD AT 615 PM.
  SEA ISLE CITY AT 620 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  STAY 
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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.

$$

LAT...LON 3920 7511 3909 7521 3892 7484 3921 7461
          3917 7492

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Aug 16, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren55 min
Aug 16, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean47 min
Aug 16, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Aug 16, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean57 min
Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI80 min
Aug 16, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland63 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 16, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 16, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.