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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 2004Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2004, 7:07 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2004, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cape May County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCape May, NJTREES AND LIMBS DOWN. POWER OUTAGES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 142307
SVRPHI
NJC009-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
707 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF RIO GRANDE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAPE MAY BY 715 PM EDT...
  RIO GRANDE BY 720 PM EDT...
  CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE BY 725 PM EDT...
  WILDWOOD AND NORTH WILDWOOD BY 730 PM EDT...
  STONE HARBOR BY 735 PM EDT...
  AVALON BY 740 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3911 7508 3893 7510 3882 7442 3909 7437

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon53 min
Jul 14, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset55 min
Jul 14, 3:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Monmouth77 days
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem60 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset56 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem56 min
Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland, Salem35 min
Jul 14, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem3 hr
Jul 14, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington64 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer52 min
Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.