Alert archive / New Jersey / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2006, 8:17 AM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 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 27, 2006, 8:17 AM EDT (12:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2006, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KPHI 271220 TORPHI NJC009-271315- /O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0002.060827T1217Z-060827T1315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 817 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 915 AM EDT * AT 813 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEA ISLE CITY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3913 7475 3911 7463 3923 7458 3925 7470 $$ KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KPHI 271317 SVSPHI SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 911 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NJC009-271321- /O.EXP.KPHI.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060827T1315Z/ CAPE MAY NJ- 911 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 AM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OFF THE COAST. THEREFORE, THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RADAR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM FOR THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS. LAT...LON 3913 7475 3911 7463 3923 7458 3925 7470 $$ KRUZDLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Aug 27, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Aug 27, 9:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 93 min |
| Aug 27, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 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.