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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 29, 20094 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2009, 8:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 29, 2009, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 300019
SVRPHI
NJC001-009-011-029-300100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0008.090330T0019Z-090330T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
819 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY...
  CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MAYS LANDING...OR 13 MILES EAST OF VINELAND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POMONA...EGG HARBOR CITY AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABSECON BY 835 PM
  EDT...
  PORT REPUBLIC BY 840 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 7441 3930 7455 3928 7455 3920 7464
      3903 7475 3907 7492 3915 7490 3919 7498
      3962 7464 3954 7447 3954 7440 3949 7438
      3949 7434 3951 7433 3951 7431 3945 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 242DEG 37KT 3944 7474

$$

STAUBER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:45 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI8 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.