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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 2009Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT for Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
Jun 9, 2009, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 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 9, 8:25 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Mount Ephraim, NJPEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MOUNT EPHRAIM.
Jun 9, 8:35 AM EDTHAIL 0.25Glassboro, NJPEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE GLASSBORO AREA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2009-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1272 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 2009-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
1272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 091200
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-015-033-PAC045-101-091300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0053.090609T1200Z-090609T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
800 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 758 AM 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
  CHESTER...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GIBBSTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 810 AM
  EDT...
  MULLICA HILL AROUND 820 AM EDT...
  WOODBURY AROUND 825 AM EDT...
  BELLMAWR AROUND 830 AM EDT...
  TURNERSVILLE AND MAGNOLIA AROUND 840 AM EDT...
  LINDENWOLD AROUND 845 AM 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 NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3991 7488 3963 7492 3971 7543 3991 7540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 276DEG 22KT 3981 7536

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:17 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr
Jun 9, 5:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks67 min
Jun 9, 7:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia55 min
Jun 9, 8:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIPhiladelphia54 min
Jun 9, 8:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 9, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks3 hr
Jun 9, 9:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester105 min
Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIDelaware, Philadelphia5 hr
Jun 9, 2:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Chester3 hr
Jun 9, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery66 min
Jun 9, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester32 min
Jun 9, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester28 min
Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester46 min
Jun 9, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester61 min
Jun 9, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren42 min
Jun 9, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris100 min
Jun 9, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Jun 9, 8:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester62 min
Jun 9, 8:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland70 min
Jun 9, 9:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland3 hr
Jun 9, 9:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.