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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2005Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 4:07 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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 1, 2005, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Salem, NJTREES DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 558 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 012007
SVRPHI
NJC033-012045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0062.050701T2007Z-050701T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
407 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  ALLOWAY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALLOWAY BY 415 PM EDT
  WOODSTOWN BY 430 PM EDT

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.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3959 7555 3942 7549 3956 7523 3968 7535

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May72 min
Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden51 min
Jul 1, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington66 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Monmouth57 min
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean65 min
Jul 1, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth57 min
Jul 1, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer49 min
Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester61 min
Jul 1, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington24 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth75 min
Jul 1, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington62 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean72 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris26 min
Jul 1, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.