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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 11, 2009Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2009, 5:36 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 69 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 11, 2009, 5:36 AM EDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2009, 6:45 AM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 11, 4:12 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2009-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 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 110936
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-111045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0228.090911T0936Z-090911T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
536 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY...
  NORTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINELAND...

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

* AT 535 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN       
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OFFSHORE NEAR       
  ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARMORA AND SOMERS POINT AROUND 540 AM EDT...
  CORBIN CITY AROUND 545 AM EDT...
  ENGLISH CREEK AROUND 550 AM EDT...
  ESTELL MANOR AROUND 555 AM EDT...
  MAYS LANDING AROUND 600 AM EDT...
  MIZPAH AROUND 610 AM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE 
STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FRIDAY FOR DELAWARE
AND NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3933 7445 3929 7452 3930 7454 3928 7455
      3925 7459 3919 7465 3944 7506 3967 7471
      3946 7443 3946 7441 3942 7440 3940 7437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 147DEG 30KT 3925 7460

$$

PO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 2:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Sep 11, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May72 min
Sep 11, 3:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICape May4 hr
Sep 11, 3:07 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more12 hr
Sep 11, 3:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Sep 11, 3:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Sep 11, 3:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland65 min
Sep 11, 4:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland65 min
Sep 11, 5:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Sep 11, 5:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Sep 11, 5:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland53 min
Sep 11, 6:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland2 hr
Sep 11, 6:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Sep 11, 6:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland86 min
Sep 11, 6:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICape May3 hr
Sep 11, 8:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland117 min
Sep 11, 8:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem119 min
Sep 11, 8:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth39 min
Sep 11, 8:58 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean35 hr
Sep 11, 9:02 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean3 hr

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.