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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 24, 20094 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2009, 6:28 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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 24, 2009, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2009, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
Jul 24, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Ese Richardsmere, MDPENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COLORA.
Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDTHAIL 15 N Wilmington Manor, DEOBSERVED IN HOKESEN
Jul 24, 7:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Brookhaven, PANICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN BROOKHAVEN AND UPLAND.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 2009-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 242228
SVRPHI
DEC003-MDC015-NJC015-033-PAC029-045-242330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0130.090724T2228Z-090724T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK...
  SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST CHESTER...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 626 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  KENNETT SQUARE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST CHESTER...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ASHLAND AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  ELAM AND WESTTOWN AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  ELAM...CONCORDVILLE...TALLEYVILLE AND CHEYNEY AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  CHELSEA AROUND 655 PM EDT...
  LIMA AROUND 700 PM EDT...
  CHESTER AROUND 710 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4003 7580 3994 7526 3958 7547 3959 7558
      3963 7557 3967 7552 3969 7552 3964 7559
      3960 7560 3965 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 277DEG 21KT 3988 7570

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil74 min
Jul 24, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jul 24, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem46 min
Jul 24, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI83 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.