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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 2011Atlantic County, Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 7, 2011, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2011, 4:32 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2011-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 549 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 2011-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

812 
WUUS51 KPHI 071958
SVRPHI
NJC001-005-029-072100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0149.110707T1958Z-110707T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 356 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
  PORT REPUBLIC...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...AND MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT REPUBLIC AROUND 415 PM EDT...
  NEW GRETNA AROUND 420 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.

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 GREATEST KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3954 7423 3950 7428 3950 7433 3953 7434
      3953 7440 3949 7438 3949 7432 3947 7429
      3944 7432 3944 7437 3947 7439 3944 7439
      3944 7441 3951 7455 3959 7450 3961 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 117DEG 4KT 3953 7446

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
149 
WWUS51 KPHI 072032
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
432 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

NJC001-005-029-072042-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-110707T2100Z/
OCEAN NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
432 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
BURLINGTON...EAST CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND SOUTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS DISSIPATED. 


LAT...LON 3954 7423 3950 7428 3950 7433 3953 7434
      3953 7440 3949 7438 3949 7432 3947 7429
      3944 7432 3944 7437 3947 7439 3944 7439
      3944 7441 3951 7455 3959 7450 3961 7419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 117DEG 4KT 3955 7450

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington93 min
Jul 7, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic64 min
Jul 7, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean45 min
Jul 7, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren64 min
Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex90 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington89 min
Jul 7, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean88 min
Jul 7, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren46 min
Jul 7, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean57 min
Jul 7, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester63 min
Jul 7, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean61 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester40 min
Jul 7, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset74 min
Jul 7, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden57 min
Jul 7, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem88 min
Jul 7, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer86 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.