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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2006, 4:22 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 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 4, 2006, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 4:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Bridgeton, NJTREES DOWN IN GREENWICH TOWNSHIP.

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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1321 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 042022
SVRPHI
NJC011-033-042115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0132.060704T2022Z-060704T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  SALEM...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF DOVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHILOH BY 435 PM EDT...
  BRIDGETON...SEABROOK FARMS AND FAIRTON BY 440 PM EDT...
  OLIVET BY 445 PM EDT...
  ROSENHAYN BY 450 PM EDT...
  MILLVILLE BY 455 PM EDT...
  VINELAND BY 500 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3946 7558 3941 7555 3927 7509 3943 7492
      3964 7521 3969 7545

$$

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, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem33 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, 4:47 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Every 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.