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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 3, 2009New Castle County, Delaware; Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2009, 4:06 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware; Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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
Jun 3, 2009, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2009, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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
Jun 3, 4:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPennsville, NJWIRES DOWN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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 2009-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2009-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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 032006
SVRPHI
DEC003-NJC011-015-033-032100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0046.090603T2006Z-090603T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
406 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WEST CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALEM...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  STANTON...OR NEAR NEWARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILMINGTON MANOR AROUND 415 PM EDT...
  NEW CASTLE AND DELAWARE CITY AROUND 420 PM EDT...
  PENNSVILLE AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  CARNEYS POINT AROUND 430 PM EDT...
  SALEM AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  WOODSTOWN AROUND 450 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3980 7568 3965 7518 3944 7539 3953 7554
      3956 7553 3958 7554 3958 7556 3954 7555
      3954 7556 3964 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 288DEG 20KT 3967 7566

$$

AMC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 032037
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
437 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009

DEC003-NJC015-032047-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090603T2100Z/
GLOUCESTER NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-
437 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN NEW CASTLE AND WEST
CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

LAT...LON 3944 7539 3961 7557 3972 7547 3964 7519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 290DEG 19KT 3962 7547

$$

NJC011-033-032100-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-090603T2100Z/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
437 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SALEM COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PENNSVILLE...OR NEAR SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALLOWAY AND WOODSTOWN BY 455 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

&&

LAT...LON 3944 7539 3961 7557 3972 7547 3964 7519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 290DEG 19KT 3962 7547

$$

AMC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex65 min
Jun 3, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle54 min
Jun 3, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Salem65 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 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.