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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 20, 2009Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2009, 6:35 PM EDT for Cape May County, New Jersey. It was in force for 10 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 20, 2009, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1201 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
1201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 202235
SVRPHI
NJC009-202245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0088.090620T2235Z-090620T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 20 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAPE MAY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AVALON TO SCOTCH BONNET TO
  WILDWOOD TO CAPE MAY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CAPE MAY TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAPE MAY TO CAPE
  MAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SEA ISLE CITY...STONE HARBOR AND AVALON AROUND 640 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3892 7498 3898 7498 3907 7490 3918 7485
      3915 7468 3912 7470 3910 7470 3907 7471
      3902 7479 3899 7479 3893 7488 3892 7497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 286DEG 27KT 3912 7476 3904 7479
          3899 7483 3890 7491

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:33 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI3 days
Jun 20, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem59 min
Jun 20, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jun 20, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 20, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI52 min
Jun 20, 6:55 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more5 hr
Jun 20, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min

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.