Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 24, 2009Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2009, 6:19 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 26 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
Oct 24, 2009, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 242219
SVRPHI
DEC003-NJC033-242245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0233.091024T2219Z-091024T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
619 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  WESTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  PORT PENN...OR NEAR MIDDLETOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT PENN AND DELAWARE CITY AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  SALEM AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  PENNSVILLE AROUND 640 PM EDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARNEYS POINT AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLOWAY
  AROUND 645 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3962 7563 3965 7559 3959 7559 3966 7555
      3965 7558 3968 7554 3966 7553 3970 7551
      3975 7543 3958 7529 3944 7551 3946 7555
      3950 7557 3958 7554 3958 7556 3946 7558
      3943 7554 3934 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 229DEG 36KT 3947 7567

$$

RNS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Oct 24, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset47 min
Oct 24, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon10 min
Oct 24, 7:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset3 hr
Oct 24, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Delaware, 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.