Tornado Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Aug 10, 2008, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2008, 1:57 PM EDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Area

Storm-based polygon

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

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

000 
WFUS51 KPHI 101729
TORPHI
NJC007-015-033-101830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.TO.W.0008.080810T1729Z-080810T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
129 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 125 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MULLICA
  HILL...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 19 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GLASSBORO AND CLAYTON BY 135 PM...
  TURNERSVILLE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSTOWN BY 150 PM...
  LINDENWOLD...BERLIN...MAGNOLIA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHESILHURST
  BY 210 PM...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

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 3988 7500 3972 7486 3950 7537 3961 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 229DEG 17KT 3970 7517

$$

RNS

000 
WWUS51 KPHI 101757
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
157 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NJC007-015-033-101806-
/O.CAN.KPHI.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080810T1830Z/
SALEM NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
156 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GLOUCESTER...CENTRAL CAMDEN AND
CENTRAL SALEM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING TO BE ISSUED NO LONGER 
APPEARS TONADIC, BUT STILL COULD BE SEVERE AND CONTAIN DAMAGING 
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL IN 
EFFECT FOR THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3988 7500 3972 7486 3950 7537 3961 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 229DEG 17KT 3978 7504

$$

RNS

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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.