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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 14, 20104 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 7:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2010, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 7:07 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ene Florence, NJWIRES DOWN IN BORDENTOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2010-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

862 
WUUS51 KPHI 142304
SVRPHI
NJC005-021-025-029-150000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0023.100514T2304Z-100515T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
704 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WHITE HORSE...OR NEAR TRENTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSSWICKS AND ALLENTOWN AROUND 710 PM EDT...
  GEORGETOWN AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMLAYSTOWN AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  CREAM RIDGE AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  WOODRUFF AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  CEDAR GLEN LAKES...WHITING AND LAKEHURST AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  BAMBER LAKE AROUND 750 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3981 7428 4011 7475 4015 7472 4016 7473
      4028 7468 4014 7440 4002 7416
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 314DEG 33KT 4018 7470

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren57 min
May 14, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Warren53 min
May 14, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset, Warren67 min
May 14, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris66 min
May 14, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren64 min
May 14, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer65 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Monmouth, Ocean62 min
May 14, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
May 14, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester56 min
May 14, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem63 min
May 14, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
May 14, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.