Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 2011Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2011, 7:59 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2011, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

533 
WUUS51 KPHI 312359
SVRPHI
NJC005-007-010100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0216.110731T2359Z-110801T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
759 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERRY HILL...
  OR NEAR CAMDEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHERRY HILL AND MAGNOLIA AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  SPRINGDALE...GREENTREE AND MOUNT LAUREL AROUND 815 PM EDT...
  MARLTON AROUND 820 PM EDT...
  VOORHEES AND LINDENWOLD AROUND 825 PM EDT...
  MARLTON LAKES AND BERLIN AROUND 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.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3986 7465 3967 7489 3992 7513 3999 7503
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 310DEG 13KT 3992 7504

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
946 
WWUS51 KPHI 010030
SVSPHI

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
830 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

NJC005-007-010040-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SV.W.0216.000000T0000Z-110801T0100Z/
CAMDEN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
830 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON AND
CAMDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND IS RAPIDLY 
DISSIPATING. 

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3986 7465 3967 7489 3992 7513 3999 7503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 310DEG 13KT 3985 7493

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren95 min
Jul 31, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden66 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.