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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 27, 2008Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 6:21 PM EDT for Burlington County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2008, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2008, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 6:44 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLakehurst, NJROOF COLLAPSE REPORTED AT A BURGER KING IN LAKEHURST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2008-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 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 2008-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 272221
SVRPHI
NJC005-025-029-272330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0110.080627T2221Z-080627T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
621 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 614 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LUMBERTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT
  14 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEISURETOWNE BY 630 PM...
  PEMBERTON AND JOBSTOWN BY 640 PM...
  WRIGHTSTOWN BY 655 PM...
  BROWNS MILLS AND PRESIDENTIAL LAKES BY 705 PM...
  CEDAR GLEN LAKES...WHITING AND WOODRUFF BY 730 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FRIDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3993 7406 3993 7409 3992 7409 3976 7450
      4002 7495 4015 7464 4013 7460 4016 7461
      4027 7432 4001 7406 4002 7406 3997 7404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 262DEG 13KT 3996 7477

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 27, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May61 min
Jun 27, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI32 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem76 min
Jun 27, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington58 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean56 min
Jun 27, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.