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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 15, 2003Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2003, 12:07 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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
Oct 15, 2003, 12:07 AM EDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2003, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2003-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 00:00Z on 2003-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 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 150407
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-150445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1206 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.

* AT 1158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT NORRIS...MOVING   
  EAST AT 40 MPH. 

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS AND OTHER STORMS 
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

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

$$
LAT...LON 3935 7520 3902 7498 3917 7458 3954 7477

The office that day

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

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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.