Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2006Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2006, 7:29 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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 2, 2006, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 7:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 E Pennsville, NJ	ESTIMATED BY TRUCKERS ON U.S. 130.

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 2, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 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 022329
SVRPHI
NJC033-030015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0119.060702T2329Z-060703T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
729 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF PENNSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF NEWARK...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PENNSVILLE BY 735 PM EDT...
  SALEM BY 740 PM EDT...
  ALLOWAY BY 750 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.

SEEKS SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3968 7551 3965 7534 3964 7533 3964 7528
      3952 7533 3950 7535 3956 7552 3957 7552
      3961 7557

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Warren	56 min
Jul 2, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Somerset	46 min
Jul 2, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden	59 min
Jul 2, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Gloucester	57 min
Jul 2, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		44 min
Jul 2, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		62 min
Jul 2, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Ocean	84 min
Jul 2, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Monmouth	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.