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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 22, 2003Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 5:49 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
Jul 22, 2003, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2003, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Cumberland County, NJ

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 22, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2003-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1049 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2003-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
1049 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

592 
WUUS51 KPHI 222149
SVRPHI
NJC011-222230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
548 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...OVER UPPER DELAWARE BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT NORRIS AT 555 PM.
  MILLVILLE AT 605 PM.
  VINELAND AT 610 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM.

$$

LAT...LON 3926 7536 3911 7524 3933 7486 3949 7501

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris83 min
Jul 21, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon84 min
Jul 21, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset89 min
Jul 22, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex50 min
Jul 22, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden38 min
Jul 22, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon40 min
Jul 22, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset42 min
Jul 22, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex43 min
Jul 22, 4:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex105 min
Jul 22, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 min
Jul 22, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May49 min
Jul 22, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jul 22, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic38 min
Jul 22, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden47 min
Jul 22, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean61 min
Jul 22, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth76 min
Jul 22, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI80 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.