Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2006, 7:20 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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 18, 2006, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties New Castle County, DE, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 18, 7:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 41 | Wilmington, DE | A 41 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR WILMINGTON. |
| Jul 18, 7:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Carneys Point, NJ | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN CARNEYS POINT. |
| Jul 18, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wilmington, DE | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN WITH A 51 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED IN WILMINGTON. |
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 18, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KPHI 182320 SVRPHI DEC003-NJC015-033-190015- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0172.060718T2320Z-060719T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 720 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILMINGTON NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY NORTHERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELSMERE...OR ABOUT NEAR WILMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARNEYS POINT AND BELLEFONTE BY 725 PM EDT... BECKETT BY 735 PM EDT... GIBBSTOWN AND 6 MILES NORTH OF WOODSTOWN BY 740 PM EDT... MULLICA HILL BY 745 PM EDT... A WIND GUST TO 67 MPH HAS BEEN MEASURED IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3980 7566 3955 7578 3956 7521 3985 7517 $$ AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 182348 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 748 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006 DEC003-NJC033-182358- /O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-060719T0015Z/ NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ- 748 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SALEM AND NEW CASTLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 3979 7542 3957 7508 3962 7491 3985 7517 $$ NJC015-190015- /O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-060719T0015Z/ GLOUCESTER NJ- 748 PM EDT TUE JUL 18 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR GLOUCESTER COUNTY... AT 746 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULLICA HILL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TURNERSVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON BY 755 PM EDT... WILLIAMSTOWN AND 9 MILES NORTH OF VICTORY LAKES BY 805 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LAT...LON 3979 7542 3957 7508 3962 7491 3985 7517 $$ AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 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.