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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 4, 2006Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 33 min. 4 reports 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 4, 2006, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 4, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Woodbury, NJNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE DEPTFORD AREA.
Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPaulsboro, NJ*** 7 INJ *** REPORT OF TREE FALLING ON PERSONS ON BROAD STREET.
Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPaulsboro, NJ*** 9 INJ *** REPORT OF TREE FALLING ON PERSONS ON BROAD STREET.
Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPaulsboro, NJREPORT OF TREE FALLING ON PERSONS ON BROAD STREET, RESCUES IN PROGRESS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 965 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 041927
SVRPHI
NJC015-033-042000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0128.060704T1927Z-060704T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 324 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 NEAR
  BECKETT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 85 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODBURY BY 335 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3984 7514 3974 7505 3972 7546 3976 7546
      3977 7543 3979 7541 3980 7542 3983 7537
      3984 7525 3987 7521 3987 7517

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren33 min
Jul 4, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden48 min
Jul 4, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI28 min
Jul 4, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth44 min
Jul 4, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem53 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 4, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 4, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 4, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jul 4, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 4, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May52 min
Jul 4, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 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.