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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 9, 2009Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2009, 8:47 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 70 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, 8:47 AM EDT (12:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2009, 9:57 AM EDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 091247
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-091415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0058.090609T1247Z-090609T1415Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT

* AT 846 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 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLVILLE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWPORT AROUND 900 AM EDT...
  BIVALVE AND PORT NORRIS AROUND 935 AM EDT...
  ELDORA AROUND 1005 AM EDT...
  BELLEPLAIN AROUND 1010 AM EDT...
  DENNISVILLE...WOODBINE...GOSHEN AND 9 MILES NORTH OF CAPE MAY COURT
  HOUSE AROUND 1015 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 3907 7477 3909 7491 3915 7490 3917 7494
      3918 7503 3920 7505 3917 7514 3920 7519
      3923 7518 3926 7524 3929 7527 3929 7528
      3931 7529 3935 7469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1247Z 273DEG 12KT 3923 7523

$$

KRUZDLO
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 091341
SVSPHI

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

NJC001-009-011-091415-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-090609T1415Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
941 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC...NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 939 AM 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 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LAT...LON 3921 7507 3923 7507 3926 7507 3929 7505
      3930 7504 3933 7502 3935 7469 3907 7477
      3909 7491 3915 7490 3917 7494 3918 7503
      3920 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 278DEG 29KT 3917 7460

$$

KRUZDLO
000 
WWUS51 KPHI 091357
SVSPHI

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

NJC001-009-011-091407-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-090609T1415Z/
CUMBERLAND NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-
957 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY AND SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3921 7507 3923 7507 3926 7507 3929 7505
      3930 7504 3933 7502 3935 7469 3907 7477
      3909 7491 3915 7490 3917 7494 3918 7503
      3920 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 278DEG 29KT 3915 7443

$$

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, 8:30 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, 8:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester62 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.