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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 2, 2004Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 8:57 PM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 9:50 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cumberland County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

632 
WUUS51 KPHI 030057
SVRPHI
NJC011-030150-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINELAND

* UNTIL 950 PM EDT

* AT 851 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 11 MILES WEST OF SHILOH...OR
  ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHILOH BY 905 PM EDT
  BRIDGETON AND SEABROOK FARMS BY 910 PM EDT
  6 MILES NORTH OF FAIRTON BY 915 PM EDT
  ROSENHAYN BY 920 PM EDT
  MILLVILLE BY 925 PM EDT
  VINELAND BY 930 PM EDT

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIME PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR 
NO ADVANCED WARNING. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3931 7522 3936 7542 3945 7539 3953 7526
          3945 7509 3948 7504 3943 7490 3920 7493

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.