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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 12, 2009Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2009, 3:01 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 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 12, 2009, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2009-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 402 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 2009-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 121901
SVRPHI
NJC001-011-122000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0200.090812T1901Z-090812T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
301 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VINELAND...MILLVILLE...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESTELL MANOR...OR 13 MILES EAST OF
  VINELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYS LANDING AROUND 310 PM EDT...
  ENGLISH CREEK AROUND 335 PM EDT...
  NORTHFIELD...PLEASANTVILLE...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POMONA AND 6     
  MILES WEST OF ABSECON AROUND 400 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3933 7453 3933 7506 3943 7510 3960 7459
      3952 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 277DEG 7KT 3941 7476

$$

NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 12:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer60 min
Aug 12, 12:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer3 hr
Aug 12, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean22 min
Aug 12, 2:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean50 min
Aug 12, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland4 hr
Aug 12, 3:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester60 min
Aug 12, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean118 min
Aug 12, 4:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May3 hr
Aug 12, 4:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland, Salem6 hr
Aug 12, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem3 hr
Aug 12, 5:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May, Cumberland2 hr
Aug 12, 6:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.