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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 27, 2006Cape May County, New Jersey

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 749 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 12:00Z on 2006-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Aug 27, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 27, 9:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland93 min
Aug 27, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 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.