Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 20094 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 8:43 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 62 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, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2009, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 091243
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-007-015-091345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0057.090609T1243Z-090609T1345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EAST CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 839 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
  WILLIAMSTOWN...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHESILHURST AROUND 850 AM EDT...
  HAMMONTON AROUND 910 AM EDT...
  ATSION AROUND 915 AM EDT...
  SHAMONG AROUND 920 AM EDT...
  WHARTON STATE FOREST AND BATSTO AROUND 930 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 3987 7445 3950 7459 3962 7508 3988 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 270DEG 18KT 3972 7494

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 091340
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
940 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

NJC001-005-007-015-091349-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090609T1345Z/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
940 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC...EAST CENTRAL GLOUCESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
CAMDEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE NOW WEAKENED AND MOVED 
EAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3987 7445 3950 7459 3962 7508 3988 7491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 270DEG 18KT 3972 7458

$$

AMC

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, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Jun 9, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more3 hr
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.