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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2006Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2006, 12:26 AM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 49 min. 8 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
Aug 26, 2006, 12:26 AM EDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2006, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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
Aug 26, 12:30 AM EDTHAIL 0.751 Sw Westville, NJPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WESTVILLE.
Aug 26, 12:35 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Haddon Heights, NJPENNY SIZE HAIL IN HADDON HEIGHTS
Aug 26, 12:35 AM EDTHAIL 0.75Haddon Heights, NJPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN HADDON HEIGHTS.
Aug 26, 12:36 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Blackwood, NJQUARTER SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL REPORTS OF NICKEL AND PENNY SIZED HAIL WERE REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, SOME REPORTS INDICTED HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND.
Aug 26, 12:36 AM EDTHAIL 1Blackwood, NJQUARTER SIZE HAIL. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL REPORTS OF NICKEL AND PENNY SIZED HAIL WERE REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, SOME REPORTS INDICTED HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND.
Aug 26, 12:43 AM EDTHAIL 1Blackwood, NJQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL REPORTS OF NICKEL AND PENNY SIZE HAIL WERE REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. A REPORT INDICATED THE HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND IN THE ERIAL AREA.
Aug 26, 12:55 AM EDTHAIL 12 N Lindenwold, NJQUARTER SIZE HAIL IN VOORHEES.
Aug 26, 12:55 AM EDTHAIL 12 N Lindenwold, NJQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN VOORHEES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 650 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 260427
SVRPHI
NJC007-015-260515-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0249.060826T0426Z-060826T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1226 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN
  NORTH CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT

* AT 1225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHERRY HILL...SPRINGDALE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF LINDENWOLD BY 1235 AM
  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.


LAT...LON 3985 7524 3974 7514 3981 7492 4000 7505
      3989 7515

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden65 min
Aug 26, 3:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer38 min
Aug 26, 3:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean51 min
Aug 26, 4:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington53 min
Aug 26, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington46 min
Aug 26, 5:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 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.