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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 4, 20044 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2004, 8:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 4, 2004, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2004, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
Aug 4, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2004-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2004-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 050018
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-033-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
815 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLOUCESTER CITY TO 19
  MILES WEST OF SALEM..AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GLOUCESTER CITY BY 830 PM EDT...
  WOODSTOWN...WOODBURY...SALEM AND MULLICA HILL BY 835 PM EDT...
  MARLTON...MAGNOLIA...CHERRY HILL AND ALLOWAY BY 840 PM EDT...
  TURNERSVILLE BY 845 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS.  
TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OVER CHESTER COUNTY 
BY THIS LINE OF STORMS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4006 7489 3962 7556 3941 7552 3993 7461

$$

SZATKOWSKI

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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.