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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 15, 20034 counties in New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2003, 12:12 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 48 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, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2003, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2003-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2003-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 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 150412
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-029-PAC101-150500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1210 AM EDT WED OCT 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.        
  EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.   
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.

* AT 1204 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PALMYRA TO 4 MILES WEST OF FOLSOM...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PALMYRA...FOLSOM...CHERRY HILL...BERLIN AT 1215 AM.
  CHESILHURST AT 1220 AM.
  MARLTON AT 1220 AM.
  RIVERSIDE...HAMMONTON AT 1230 AM.
  BEVERLY AT 1215 AM.
  WILLINGBORO AT 1215 AM.

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

$$
LAT...LON 4011 7510 3954 7494 3961 7430 4007 7443

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Oct 14, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Oct 14, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Oct 14, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Oct 15, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.