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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 2003Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2003, 7:09 PM EDT for Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2003, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2003, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 7, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2003-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2003-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

456 
WUUS51 KPHI 072309
SVRPHI
NJC015-072345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
708 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.

* AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...3 MILES EAST OF MULLICA HILL...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLASSBORO AT 720 PM.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND
NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3984 7516 3973 7532 3964 7514 3970 7501

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI68 min
Jul 6, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Jul 6, 11:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Jul 6, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem61 min
Jul 6, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester49 min
Jul 7, 12:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 7, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden41 min
Jul 7, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean47 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.