Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2003Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2003, 9:04 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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 22, 2003, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2003, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4711 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
4711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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 230104
SVRPHI
NJC011-230145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
904 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.

* AT 859 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 7 MILES WEST OF FAIRTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRTON...BRIDGETON AT 910 PM.
  MILLVILLE AT 930 PM.
  PORT NORRIS AT 935 PM.

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 3946 7538 3933 7543 3915 7496 3939 7487

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester43 min
Aug 22, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Aug 22, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Aug 22, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland45 min
Aug 22, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 22, 10:08 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.