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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 28, 2005Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2005, 3:58 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 62 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 28, 2005, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 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 281959
SVRPHI
DEC001-003-NJC011-033-282100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0055.050628T1958Z-050628T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHEAST KENT COUNTY IN DELAWARE
  SOUTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE
  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  EASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHILOH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF DOVER...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHILOH...BRIDGETON AND SEABROOK FARMS BY 500 PM EDT

TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3935 7559 3929 7552 3946 7505 3964 7532

$$

TFG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KPHI 282034
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

DEC003-282043-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050628T2100Z/
NEW CASTLE DE-
433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF BLACKBIRD HUNDRED.

LAT...LON 3935 7550 3922 7546 3946 7505 3964 7532

$$

DEC001-NJC011-033-282100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050628T2100Z/
KENT DE-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN CUMBERLAND...EASTERN SALEM AND NORTHEASTERN KENT
COUNTIES...

AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SHILOH...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF DOVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHILOH...ALLOWAY...7 MILES WEST OF SEABROOK FARMS AND 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BRIDGETON BY 500 PM EDT

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS PENNIES ARE LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS.

LAT...LON 3935 7550 3922 7546 3946 7505 3964 7532

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		119 min
Jun 28, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		67 min
Jun 28, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cumberland	58 min
Jun 28, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Jun 28, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	61 min
Jun 28, 2:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	113 min
Jun 28, 3:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	33 min
Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	28 min
Jun 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Sussex	42 min
Jun 28, 4:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2005 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.