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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 2004Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2004, 5:10 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 35 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, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Rosenhayn, NJ

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 12:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 
WFUS51 KPHI 142110
TORPHI
NJC011-033-142145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST 
  OF SHILOH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SHILOH BY 525 PM EDT
  SEABROOK FARMS BY 535 PM EDT
  BRIDGETON AND OLIVET BY 540 PM EDT
  ROSENHAYN BY 545 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3963 7516 3951 7500 3945 7498 3939 7537
      3938 7538 3938 7544 3943 7546 3945 7552
      3954 7553

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon	53 min
Jul 14, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset	55 min
Jul 14, 3:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Monmouth	77 days
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Salem	60 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Somerset	56 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	56 min
Jul 14, 5:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Salem	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington	64 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Mercer	52 min
Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland	65 min
Jul 14, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cape May	53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.