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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 2008Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 18, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWillingboro, NJTREES AND WIRES KNOCKED DOWN IN WILLINGBORO.
Jul 18, 4:55 PM EDTHAIL 0.755 W Jacksonville, NJPENNY SIZE HAIL IN BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2008-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 2008-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 182037
SVRPHI
NJC005-182130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0135.080718T2037Z-080718T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
437 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 430 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
  WILLINGBORO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF PHILADELPHIA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 11 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT LAUREL BY 445 PM...
  JACKSONVILLE BY 505 PM...
  MOUNT HOLLY AND LUMBERTON BY 510 PM...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD BY 520 PM...
  JOBSTOWN BY 525 PM...
  PEMBERTON AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WRIGHTSTOWN BY 530 PM...

LAT...LON 4003 7456 3986 7487 4000 7502 4011 7480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 296DEG 9KT 4003 7489

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 5:03 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean15 hr
Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington3 hr

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.