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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 9, 20084 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2008, 11:07 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 38 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
Sep 9, 2008, 11:07 AM EDT (15:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2008, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 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
Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2008-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1988 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2008-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1988 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 091507
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-033-091545-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0260.080909T1507Z-080909T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1107 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1104 AM 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
  BECKETT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF WILMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  44 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GIBBSTOWN BY 1115 AM...
  MULLICA HILL BY 1120 AM...
  WOODBURY AND GLASSBORO BY 1125 AM...
  TURNERSVILLE BY 1130 AM...
  LINDENWOLD AND MAGNOLIA BY 1135 AM...
  BERLIN...CHESILHURST AND SPRINGDALE BY 1140 AM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

LAT...LON 3993 7483 3970 7480 3963 7549 3982 7536
TIME...MOT...LOC 1507Z 259DEG 38KT 3974 7538

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 3:36 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI36 hr
Sep 9, 9:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren3 hr
Sep 9, 9:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Salem, Somerset and 2 more39 min
Sep 9, 9:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset3 hr
Sep 9, 9:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Sep 9, 10:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset3 hr
Sep 9, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean48 min
Sep 9, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean49 min
Sep 9, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland46 min
Sep 9, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Sep 9, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland53 min
Sep 9, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Sep 9, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May92 min
Sep 9, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May3 hr
Sep 9, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 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.