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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2009Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2009, 1:43 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
Aug 2, 2009, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2009, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cape May County, NJ

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 1:48 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 61Cape May, NJ61 MPH GUST AT CAPE MAY BUOY.
Aug 2, 1:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGVillas, NJTREES DOWN
Aug 2, 1:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCape May Court House, NJNUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Aug 2, 1:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreen Creek, NJTREE DOWN ON CAR ON LINDA LANE WITH WIRES DOWN AS WELL.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2636 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
2636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 021743
SVRPHI
NJC009-021830-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0182.090802T1743Z-090802T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
143 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAPE MAY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 142 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 OFF 
  NORTH CAPE MAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH CAPE MAY AROUND 150 PM EDT...
  CAPE MAY AROUND 155 PM EDT...
  RIO GRANDE AND GREEN CREEK AROUND 200 PM EDT...
  WILDWOOD...WILDWOOD CREST AND CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE AROUND 205 PM
  EDT...
  NORTH WILDWOOD AND SCOTCH BONNET AROUND 210 PM EDT...
  STONE HARBOR AROUND 215 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3925 7459 3912 7470 3910 7470 3907 7471
      3902 7479 3899 7479 3893 7488 3892 7497
      3899 7498 3911 7490 3917 7491 3929 7455
      3928 7455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 262DEG 28KT 3898 7504

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 5 more13 hr
Aug 2, 7:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer3 hr
Aug 2, 8:48 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMercer4 hr
Aug 2, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem67 min
Aug 2, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Warren61 min
Aug 2, 11:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset9 hr
Aug 2, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer65 min
Aug 2, 11:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Aug 2, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Aug 2, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset57 min
Aug 2, 11:51 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIMercer24 min
Aug 2, 12:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more3 hr
Aug 2, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Aug 2, 12:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset48 min
Aug 2, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth60 min
Aug 2, 12:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer8 hr
Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Aug 2, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Aug 2, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Aug 2, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 2, 1:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset13 hr
Aug 2, 4:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset20 hr
Aug 2, 4:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset22 hr

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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.