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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 10, 2008Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2008, 2:50 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 55 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 10, 2008, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 10, 10:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2008-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 101850
SVRPHI
NJC005-101945-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0228.080810T1850Z-080810T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
250 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 242 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
  WHARTON STATE FOREST...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINELAND...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PENN STATE FOREST AND CHATSWORTH BY 300 PM...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM SUNDAY
EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3956 7451 3957 7453 3959 7456 3959 7457
      3968 7469 3970 7469 3970 7472 3973 7475
      3987 7445 3973 7439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 244DEG 30KT 3972 7460

$$

RNS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 9:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Aug 10, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May46 min
Aug 10, 10:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem64 min
Aug 10, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester66 min
Aug 10, 11:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester58 min
Aug 10, 11:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester3 hr
Aug 10, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem59 min
Aug 10, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester65 min
Aug 10, 11:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester4 hr
Aug 10, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Aug 10, 12:09 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIGloucester, Salem36 min
Aug 10, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem95 min
Aug 10, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May60 min
Aug 10, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean84 min
Aug 10, 12:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIGloucester, Salem34 min
Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren115 min
Aug 10, 1:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester, Salem3 hr
Aug 10, 1:29 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem28 min
Aug 10, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem67 min
Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean50 min
Aug 10, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Aug 10, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Aug 10, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Aug 10, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Aug 10, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean24 min
Aug 10, 4:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem3 hr
Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem69 min
Aug 10, 6:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Aug 10, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May56 min
Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem66 min
Aug 10, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Aug 10, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland56 min
Aug 10, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Aug 10, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester67 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.