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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 29, 2007Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2007, 1:46 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 44 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 29, 2007, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2007, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 593 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 
WUUS51 KPHI 291746
SVRPHI
NJC005-291830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0167.070729T1746Z-070729T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
146 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWNS MILLS BY 155 PM EDT...
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES BY 200 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTH OF CHATSWORTH BY 230 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN 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 3999 7480 3975 7472 3978 7441 4005 7455

$$

AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 291829
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
229 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

NJC005-291839-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-070729T1830Z/
BURLINGTON NJ-
229 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 230 PM EDT...

THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3999 7480 3975 7472 3978 7441 4005 7455

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI90 min
Jul 29, 11:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May59 min
Jul 29, 11:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset62 min
Jul 29, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean91 min
Jul 29, 12:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex67 min
Jul 29, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden53 min
Jul 29, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland63 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.