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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2006Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2006, 5:16 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 26, 2006, 5:16 AM EDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2006, 6:02 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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°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 260916
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-261015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0259.060826T0916Z-060826T1015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY
  SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 514 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WHARTON STATE FOREST...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EGG HARBOR CITY BY 520 AM EDT...
  PORT REPUBLIC AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF POMONA BY 530 AM EDT...
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABSECON BY 535 AM EDT...
  BRIGANTINE AND 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY BY 545 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 3982 7457 3965 7480 3929 7445 3949 7431
      3958 7440

$$

EBERWINE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 261002
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
602 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006

NJC001-005-261012-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-060826T1015Z/
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
602 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON AND
EASTERN ATLANTIC COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OFFSHORE.

LAT...LON 3982 7457 3965 7480 3929 7445 3949 7431
      3958 7440

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester49 min
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, 5:24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.