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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 88 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
Jul 7, 2011, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 7, 4:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSouthampton Twp, NJTREES REPORTED DOWN IN SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

927 
WUUS51 KPHI 072017
SVRPHI
NJC005-029-072145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0150.110707T2017Z-110707T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOMS RIVER...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WOODRUFF TO MEDFORD...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON TO 18 MILES
  EAST OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODRUFF AND TABERNACLE AROUND 425 PM EDT...
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES AROUND 435 PM EDT...
  LAKEHURST AND CEDAR GLEN LAKES AROUND 450 PM EDT...
  WHITING AND CHATSWORTH AROUND 455 PM EDT...
  PENN STATE FOREST AND OLD HALFWAY AROUND 505 PM EDT...
  LEISURE VILLAGE AROUND 510 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3968 7432 3983 7491 4008 7456 4007 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 271DEG 18KT 4004 7451 3984 7477

$$

TFG
2 follow-up statements
226 
WWUS51 KPHI 072059
SVSPHI

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

NJC005-029-072145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110707T2145Z/
OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
459 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WOODRUFF TO TABERNACLE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOMS RIVER TO 21
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PRESIDENTIAL LAKES BY 505 PM EDT...
  CEDAR GLEN WEST AND LAKEHURST BY 515 PM EDT...
  WHITING...LEISURE KNOLL AND CEDAR GLEN LAKES BY 520 PM EDT...
  LEISURE VILLAGE WEST-PINE LAKE PARK AND CRESTWOOD VILLAGE BY 525 PM
  EDT...
  PINE RIDGE AT CRESTWOOD AND CHATSWORTH BY 530 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 3968 7432 3983 7491 4008 7452 4007 7406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 271DEG 18KT 4004 7440 3982 7472

$$

TFG
891 
WWUS51 KPHI 072135
SVSPHI

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

NJC005-029-072145-
/O.CON.KPHI.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110707T2145Z/
OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
535 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTIES...

AT 534 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BAMBER
LAKE TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TABERNACLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES WEST OF TOMS RIVER TO 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMS
RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OLD HALFWAY AND CHATSWORTH BY 540 PM EDT...
  BAMBER LAKE...PENN STATE FOREST...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKVILLE
  AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARREN GROVE BY 545 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 3990 7444 3989 7420 3968 7432 3982 7488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 319DEG 12KT 3992 7437 3977 7464

$$

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, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.