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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 11, 2007Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2007, 4:15 AM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 30 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
Oct 11, 2007, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 11, 2007, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2007-10-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 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 2007-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KPHI 110815
TORPHI
NJC011-110845-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0007.071011T0815Z-071011T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 412 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PORT NORRIS...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF DOVER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT NORRIS BY 430 AM EDT...

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 3918 7498 3918 7501 3920 7504 3920 7510
      3917 7512 3919 7515 3927 7510 3930 7499
      3924 7493 3919 7494 3916 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 243DEG 21KT 3916 7511

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 3:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Oct 11, 4:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Oct 11, 6:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Oct 11, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
Oct 11, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth38 min
Oct 11, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren44 min
Oct 11, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex38 min
Oct 11, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex61 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.