Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 2, 2004Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 4:39 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 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
Jun 2, 2004, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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.

912 
WUUS51 KPHI 022039
SVRPHI
NJC007-015-PAC101-022115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
437 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN
  NORTHEAST GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLOUCESTER CITY...OR ABOUT
  OVER CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED
  WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHERRY HILL AND 7 MILES NORTH OF LINDENWOLD BY 445 PM EDT
  9 MILES NORTH OF BERLIN BY 450 PM EDT

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3997 7525 3979 7521 3978 7493 3998 7504

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.