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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 20094 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 8:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 9, 2009, 8:30 AM EDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2009, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 091230
SVRPHI
NJC001-011-015-033-091330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0055.090609T1230Z-090609T1330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VINELAND...MILLVILLE...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 827 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
  BRIDGETON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF MILLVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSENHAYN AROUND 845 AM EDT...
  MILLVILLE AROUND 850 AM EDT...
  SOUTH VINELAND AROUND 900 AM EDT...
  VINELAND AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEWFIELD AROUND 905 AM EDT...
  BUENA AROUND 915 AM EDT...
  MIZPAH AROUND 930 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 3960 7486 3933 7478 3930 7527 3946 7532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 253DEG 19KT 3941 7523

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren42 min
Jun 9, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris100 min
Jun 9, 4:17 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more5 hr
Jun 9, 8:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Jun 9, 8:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden54 min
Jun 9, 8:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester3 hr
Jun 9, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more3 hr
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
Jun 9, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more5 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.