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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2006Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2006, 12:04 AM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2006, 12:04 AM EDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
56 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2366 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
2366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 280404
SVRPHI
NJC015-033-280500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0212.060728T0404Z-060728T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1204 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT MIDNIGHT 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 19
  MILES WEST OF BECKETT...OR ABOUT NEAR NEWARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BECKETT BY 1225 AM EDT...
  GIBBSTOWN BY 1230 AM EDT...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MULLICA HILL BY 1235 AM EDT...
  WOODBURY BY 1240 AM 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 3977 7544 3960 7550 3973 7504 3988 7518

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jul 27, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem40 min
Jul 27, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden56 min
Jul 27, 10:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean2 hr
Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 28, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington65 min
Jul 28, 12:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester3 hr
Jul 28, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester56 min
Jul 28, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington53 min
Jul 28, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean73 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset47 min
Jul 28, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jul 28, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jul 28, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May41 min
Jul 28, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.